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 Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 16:02:00 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: 94%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 16:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 19° 50' | North |
| Longitude: | 91° 59' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.29 meters/second, 1520.2 km/hour, 944.6 miles/hour or 820.9 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" | 15.74 mi | west | 0° 00' 03.3" | 0.06 mi | south | 15.75 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 44.6" | 944.41 mi | west | 0° 03' 24.5" | 3.91 mi | south | 944.58 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 22.4" | 758.62 mi | east | 1° 47' 23.1" | 123.11 mi | south | 772.62 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 |
|---|
| Chittagong | Thu 10:02 PM | 277 km | 172 miles | 150 nm | N |
| Barisal | Thu 10:02 PM | 359 km | 223 miles | 194 nm | NNW |
| Chandpur | Thu 10:02 PM | 399 km | 248 miles | 216 nm | NNW |
| Comilla | Thu 10:02 PM | 411 km | 255 miles | 222 nm | NNW |
| Khulna | Thu 10:02 PM | 414 km | 257 miles | 224 nm | NW |
| Naypyidaw | Thu 10:32 PM | 431 km | 268 miles | 233 nm | E |
| Dhaka | Thu 10:02 PM | 459 km | 285 miles | 248 nm | NNW |
| Jessore | Thu 10:02 PM | 468 km | 291 miles | 253 nm | NW |
| Kolkata | Thu 9:32 PM | 484 km | 301 miles | 261 nm | NW |
| Howrah | Thu 9:32 PM | 487 km | 303 miles | 263 nm | NW |
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