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 Friday, January 25, 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: 98%

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 Friday, January 25, 2013 at 21:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 30'	North
Longitude:	21° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.30 meters/second, 1541.9 km/hour, 958.1 miles/hour or 832.6 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"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	south	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 06.3"	957.90 mi	west	0° 06' 05.4"	6.98 mi	south	958.19 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 42.5"	757.40 mi	east	2° 48' 35.8"	193.23 mi	south	787.00 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
Ndjamena	Fri 10:42 PM	904 km	562 miles	488 nm	SW
Sarh	Fri 10:42 PM	979 km	608 miles	529 nm	SSW
Khartoum	Sat 12:42 AM	1209 km	751 miles	653 nm	E
Bangui	Fri 10:42 PM	1485 km	923 miles	802 nm	SSW
Kano	Fri 10:42 PM	1511 km	939 miles	816 nm	WSW
Cairo	Fri 11:42 PM	1713 km	1064 miles	925 nm	NE
Alexandria	Fri 11:42 PM	1749 km	1087 miles	944 nm	NNE
Juba	Sat 12:42 AM	1788 km	1111 miles	966 nm	SE
Abuja	Fri 10:42 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	WSW
Yaoundé	Fri 10:42 PM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	SW