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 31, 2013 at 02:18:00 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: 85%

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 Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 02:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 49'	South
Longitude:	10° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.63 meters/second, 1615.1 km/hour, 1003.6 miles/hour or 872.1 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' 31.5"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 27.9"	1003.52 mi	west	0° 11' 35.3"	13.27 mi	south	1003.52 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 54.0"	800.20 mi	east	4° 34' 02.9"	313.87 mi	south	857.31 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
Pointe-Noire	Thu 3:18 AM	240 km	149 miles	130 nm	SSE
Dolisie	Thu 3:18 AM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	SE
Franceville	Thu 3:18 AM	322 km	200 miles	174 nm	ENE
Port-Gentil	Thu 3:18 AM	333 km	207 miles	180 nm	NW
Cabinda	Thu 3:18 AM	333 km	207 miles	180 nm	SSE
Libreville	Thu 3:18 AM	392 km	243 miles	212 nm	NNW
Brazzaville	Thu 3:18 AM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	ESE
Kinshasa	Thu 3:18 AM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	ESE
Bata	Thu 3:18 AM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	NNW
Ebebiyín	Thu 3:18 AM	551 km	343 miles	298 nm	N