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 08:34:00 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 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 24'	South
Longitude:	15° 52'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.65 meters/second, 1503.5 km/hour, 934.2 miles/hour or 811.8 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' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 16.1"	933.99 mi	west	0° 02' 09.6"	2.48 mi	south	933.88 mi
24 hours	14° 25' 06.3"	934.89 mi	east	0° 13' 02.0"	14.95 mi	south	934.35 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 8:34 AM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	ENE
Recife	Tue 5:34 AM	2458 km	1527 miles	1327 nm	WNW
Salvador	Tue 5:34 AM	2545 km	1582 miles	1374 nm	WNW
Rio de Janeiro *	Tue 6:34 AM	2837 km	1763 miles	1532 nm	W
Monrovia	Tue 8:34 AM	3007 km	1869 miles	1624 nm	N
Fortaleza	Tue 5:34 AM	3075 km	1911 miles	1660 nm	NW
Abidjan	Tue 8:34 AM	3127 km	1943 miles	1688 nm	NNE
São Paulo *	Tue 6:34 AM	3190 km	1982 miles	1723 nm	WSW
Freetown	Tue 8:34 AM	3209 km	1994 miles	1733 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Tue 8:34 AM	3227 km	2005 miles	1742 nm	NNE