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 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 21:52:00 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: 84%

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 Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 46'	North
Longitude:	16° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.80 meters/second, 1511.3 km/hour, 939.1 miles/hour or 816.0 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' 30.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.2"	938.80 mi	west	0° 00' 39.5"	0.76 mi	north	938.77 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 24.8"	757.34 mi	east	0° 10' 51.9"	12.46 mi	south	757.90 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
Nouadhibou	Tue 9:52 PM	100 km	62 miles	54 nm	W
Nouakchott	Tue 9:52 PM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	S
Rosso	Tue 9:52 PM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	S
Touba	Tue 9:52 PM	654 km	406 miles	353 nm	S
Thiès	Tue 9:52 PM	667 km	415 miles	360 nm	S
Dakar	Tue 9:52 PM	690 km	429 miles	373 nm	SSW
El Aaiún	Tue 9:52 PM	765 km	476 miles	413 nm	NNE
Farafenni	Tue 9:52 PM	799 km	496 miles	431 nm	S
Banjul	Tue 9:52 PM	812 km	505 miles	438 nm	S
Serekunda	Tue 9:52 PM	814 km	506 miles	440 nm	S