Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 21:40:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 76%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 21:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 01'	North
Longitude:	24° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.01 meters/second, 1519.2 km/hour, 944.0 miles/hour or 820.3 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 31.1"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 10.7"	943.76 mi	west	0° 02' 56.3"	3.37 mi	north	943.62 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 08.8"	754.23 mi	east	0° 44' 45.6"	51.32 mi	north	754.17 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Mindelo	Mon 8:40 PM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	S
Santa Maria	Mon 8:40 PM	428 km	266 miles	231 nm	SSE
Praia	Mon 8:40 PM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	SSE
Nouadhibou	Mon 9:40 PM	816 km	507 miles	440 nm	E
Nouakchott	Mon 9:40 PM	952 km	592 miles	514 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 9:40 PM	981 km	610 miles	530 nm	SE
Thiès	Mon 9:40 PM	1016 km	631 miles	549 nm	ESE
Banjul	Mon 9:40 PM	1139 km	708 miles	615 nm	SE
Bissau	Mon 9:40 PM	1337 km	831 miles	722 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Mon 9:40 PM	1421 km	883 miles	767 nm	NE