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 Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 08:24:00 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: 30%

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 Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 08:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 24'	South
Longitude:	13° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.67 meters/second, 1503.6 km/hour, 934.3 miles/hour or 811.9 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' 24.3"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 16.3"	934.03 mi	west	0° 02' 11.1"	2.51 mi	south	933.93 mi
24 hours	14° 25' 01.0"	934.84 mi	east	0° 13' 36.0"	15.60 mi	south	934.28 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	Tue 8:24 AM	958 km	595 miles	517 nm	ENE
Monrovia	Tue 8:24 AM	2969 km	1845 miles	1603 nm	N
Abidjan	Tue 8:24 AM	3027 km	1881 miles	1634 nm	NNE
Rio de Janeiro *	Tue 6:24 AM	3083 km	1916 miles	1665 nm	W
Yamoussoukro	Tue 8:24 AM	3141 km	1952 miles	1696 nm	NNE
Luanda	Tue 9:24 AM	3142 km	1952 miles	1696 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Tue 10:24 AM	3172 km	1971 miles	1713 nm	E
São Tomé	Tue 8:24 AM	3179 km	1975 miles	1717 nm	NE
Freetown	Tue 8:24 AM	3195 km	1985 miles	1725 nm	N
Accra	Tue 8:24 AM	3216 km	1998 miles	1736 nm	NNE