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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 06:50:00 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: 64%

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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 06:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 25'	South
Longitude:	31° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.45 meters/second, 1574.8 km/hour, 978.5 miles/hour or 850.3 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' 28.8"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 53.3"	978.38 mi	west	0° 09' 47.9"	11.23 mi	south	978.14 mi
24 hours	12° 45' 22.3"	861.85 mi	east	3° 35' 19.1"	246.74 mi	south	890.21 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
Maceió	Sat 3:50 AM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	WNW
Recife	Sat 3:50 AM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	NW
Salvador	Sat 3:50 AM	804 km	500 miles	434 nm	W
Fernando de Noronha	Sat 4:50 AM	952 km	592 miles	514 nm	N
Fortaleza	Sat 3:50 AM	1263 km	785 miles	682 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 4:50 AM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	SW
Brasilia *	Sat 4:50 AM	1850 km	1149 miles	999 nm	WSW
São Paulo *	Sat 4:50 AM	2054 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	SW
Belém	Sat 3:50 AM	2269 km	1410 miles	1225 nm	WNW
Jamestown	Sat 6:50 AM	2766 km	1719 miles	1493 nm	E