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 08:14:00 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 08:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 51'	South
Longitude:	25° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.30 meters/second, 1520.3 km/hour, 944.7 miles/hour or 820.9 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' 25.4"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 05.4"	0.10 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 31.0"	944.42 mi	west	0° 05' 17.6"	6.07 mi	south	944.19 mi
24 hours	14° 02' 56.5"	919.80 mi	east	1° 32' 28.9"	106.03 mi	south	921.58 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
Salvador	Mon 5:14 AM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	WNW
Recife	Mon 5:14 AM	1590 km	988 miles	859 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro *	Mon 6:14 AM	1932 km	1201 miles	1043 nm	WSW
Jamestown	Mon 8:14 AM	2086 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	E
Fortaleza	Mon 5:14 AM	2222 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	NW
São Paulo *	Mon 6:14 AM	2291 km	1424 miles	1237 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Mon 6:14 AM	2442 km	1517 miles	1318 nm	W
Belém	Mon 5:14 AM	3194 km	1985 miles	1725 nm	NW
Monrovia	Mon 8:14 AM	3196 km	1986 miles	1726 nm	NNE
Freetown	Mon 8:14 AM	3293 km	2046 miles	1778 nm	NNE