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 22:56:00 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: 92%

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 22:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 27'	North
Longitude:	48° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.05 meters/second, 1616.6 km/hour, 1004.5 miles/hour or 872.9 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' 32.0"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 01.9"	1004.47 mi	west	0° 11' 26.0"	13.09 mi	south	1004.62 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 47.6"	778.43 mi	east	4° 37' 26.9"	317.74 mi	south	841.24 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
Mogadishu	Wed 1:56 AM	364 km	226 miles	196 nm	W
Hargeisa	Wed 1:56 AM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	NNW
Bosaso	Wed 1:56 AM	979 km	608 miles	528 nm	N
Victoria	Wed 2:56 AM	1094 km	680 miles	591 nm	SE
Djibouti	Wed 1:56 AM	1175 km	730 miles	634 nm	NNW
Aden	Wed 1:56 AM	1214 km	754 miles	655 nm	NNW
Addis Ababa	Wed 1:56 AM	1308 km	813 miles	706 nm	NW
Nairobi	Wed 1:56 AM	1373 km	853 miles	741 nm	WSW
Dar es Salaam	Wed 1:56 AM	1455 km	904 miles	786 nm	SW
Sana	Wed 1:56 AM	1507 km	937 miles	814 nm	NNW