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 29, 2013 at 20:46:00 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: 93%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 20:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 52'	North
Longitude:	80° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.91 meters/second, 1616.1 km/hour, 1004.2 miles/hour or 872.6 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' 32.0"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 03.3"	1004.16 mi	west	0° 11' 23.5"	13.05 mi	south	1004.32 mi
24 hours	11° 14' 50.2"	777.07 mi	east	4° 36' 59.8"	317.22 mi	south	839.99 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
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Wed 2:16 AM	445 km	276 miles	240 nm	N
Colombo	Wed 2:16 AM	448 km	279 miles	242 nm	N
Trincomalee	Wed 2:16 AM	644 km	400 miles	348 nm	NNE
Thiruvananthapuram	Wed 2:16 AM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	NNW
Male	Wed 1:46 AM	743 km	462 miles	401 nm	WNW
Madurai	Wed 2:16 AM	809 km	503 miles	437 nm	NNW
Addu City	Wed 1:46 AM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	WSW
Kulhudhuffushi	Wed 1:46 AM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	WNW
Chennai	Wed 2:16 AM	1130 km	702 miles	610 nm	N
Bangalore	Wed 2:16 AM	1151 km	715 miles	622 nm	NNW