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 22:12:00 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 22:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 35'	North
Longitude:	9° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.25 meters/second, 1512.9 km/hour, 940.1 miles/hour or 816.9 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' 30.6"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 40.8"	939.83 mi	west	0° 01' 41.9"	1.95 mi	south	939.92 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 49.3"	758.73 mi	east	1° 07' 16.6"	77.14 mi	south	765.35 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
Nouakchott	Wed 10:12 PM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Wed 10:12 PM	814 km	506 miles	440 nm	W
Rosso	Wed 10:12 PM	828 km	514 miles	447 nm	WSW
El Aaiún	Wed 10:12 PM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	NNW
Bamako	Wed 10:12 PM	888 km	552 miles	480 nm	S
Touba	Wed 10:12 PM	947 km	589 miles	512 nm	SW
Koutiala	Wed 10:12 PM	992 km	616 miles	535 nm	SSE
Dakar	Wed 10:12 PM	1089 km	677 miles	588 nm	SW
Banjul	Wed 10:12 PM	1111 km	690 miles	600 nm	SW
Bissau	Wed 10:12 PM	1180 km	733 miles	637 nm	SW