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 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 21:42:00 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: 90%

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 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 21:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 36'	North
Longitude:	1° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.22 meters/second, 1512.8 km/hour, 940.0 miles/hour or 816.8 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"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 40.8"	939.75 mi	west	0° 01' 38.10"	1.89 mi	south	939.83 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 52.6"	758.72 mi	east	1° 06' 07.7"	75.82 mi	south	765.17 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
Niamey	Wed 10:42 PM	896 km	557 miles	484 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Wed 9:42 PM	912 km	567 miles	492 nm	S
Koudougou	Wed 9:42 PM	925 km	575 miles	499 nm	S
Koutiala	Wed 9:42 PM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	SSW
Bamako	Wed 9:42 PM	1090 km	677 miles	588 nm	SW
El Aaiún	Wed 9:42 PM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	NW
Marrakech	Wed 9:42 PM	1362 km	846 miles	735 nm	NNW
Kano	Wed 10:42 PM	1469 km	913 miles	793 nm	SE
Nouakchott	Wed 9:42 PM	1497 km	930 miles	809 nm	W
Fes	Wed 9:42 PM	1519 km	944 miles	820 nm	N