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 08:08:00 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%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, February 1, 2013 at 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 8° 28' | South |
| Longitude: | 62° 06' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.68 meters/second, 1597.3 km/hour, 992.5 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' 13.5" | 992.40 mi | west | 0° 10' 56.0" | 12.52 mi | south | 992.24 mi |
| 24 hours | 12° 10' 18.1" | 832.85 mi | east | 4° 09' 40.4" | 286.03 mi | south | 875.65 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 4:08 AM | 201 km | 125 miles | 108 nm | W |
| Manaus | Fri 4:08 AM | 634 km | 394 miles | 342 nm | NNE |
| Rio Branco | Fri 4:08 AM | 651 km | 404 miles | 351 nm | WSW |
| La Paz | Fri 4:08 AM | 1105 km | 687 miles | 597 nm | SW |
| Sucre | Fri 4:08 AM | 1219 km | 757 miles | 658 nm | SSW |
| Lima | Fri 3:08 AM | 1684 km | 1046 miles | 909 nm | WSW |
| Belém | Fri 5:08 AM | 1697 km | 1054 miles | 916 nm | ENE |
| Georgetown | Fri 4:08 AM | 1745 km | 1084 miles | 942 nm | NNE |
| Brasilia * | Fri 6:08 AM | 1746 km | 1085 miles | 943 nm | ESE |
| Paramaribo | Fri 5:08 AM | 1757 km | 1092 miles | 949 nm | NNE |
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