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, February 1, 2013 at 07:58:00 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: 74%

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 Friday, February 1, 2013 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 26'	South
Longitude:	59° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.72 meters/second, 1597.4 km/hour, 992.6 miles/hour or 862.5 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' 30.2"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	south	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.0"	992.49 mi	west	0° 10' 56.3"	12.53 mi	south	992.33 mi
24 hours	12° 10' 04.0"	832.64 mi	east	4° 09' 52.3"	286.25 mi	south	875.54 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
Porto Velho	Fri 3:58 AM	466 km	289 miles	252 nm	W
Manaus	Fri 3:58 AM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	N
Rio Branco	Fri 3:58 AM	910 km	566 miles	492 nm	WSW
La Paz	Fri 3:58 AM	1281 km	796 miles	691 nm	SW
Sucre	Fri 3:58 AM	1319 km	819 miles	712 nm	SSW
Belém	Fri 4:58 AM	1462 km	908 miles	789 nm	ENE
Brasilia *	Fri 5:58 AM	1520 km	944 miles	821 nm	ESE
Paramaribo	Fri 4:58 AM	1654 km	1028 miles	893 nm	NNE
Cayenne	Fri 4:58 AM	1688 km	1049 miles	912 nm	NNE
Georgetown	Fri 3:58 AM	1694 km	1053 miles	915 nm	N