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 Monday, February 4, 2013 at 07:56:00 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: 42%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 4, 2013 at 07:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 49'	South
Longitude:	20° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.38 meters/second, 1520.6 km/hour, 944.8 miles/hour or 821.0 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' 25.5"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 32.2"	944.59 mi	west	0° 05' 19.8"	6.11 mi	south	944.36 mi
24 hours	14° 02' 33.9"	919.54 mi	east	1° 33' 24.3"	107.09 mi	south	921.40 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
Jamestown	Mon 7:56 AM	1633 km	1015 miles	882 nm	E
Recife	Mon 4:56 AM	1931 km	1200 miles	1043 nm	NW
Salvador	Mon 4:56 AM	2001 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	WNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Mon 5:56 AM	2372 km	1474 miles	1281 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Mon 4:56 AM	2555 km	1588 miles	1380 nm	NW
São Paulo *	Mon 5:56 AM	2730 km	1696 miles	1474 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Mon 5:56 AM	2897 km	1800 miles	1564 nm	W
Monrovia	Mon 7:56 AM	2989 km	1857 miles	1614 nm	NNE
Freetown	Mon 7:56 AM	3133 km	1947 miles	1691 nm	NNE
Conakry	Mon 7:56 AM	3229 km	2006 miles	1743 nm	NNE