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 09:34:00 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 09:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 26'	South
Longitude:	30° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.53 meters/second, 1503.1 km/hour, 934.0 miles/hour or 811.6 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' 24.1"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 13.7"	933.73 mi	west	0° 02' 01.4"	2.32 mi	south	933.63 mi
24 hours	14° 25' 36.8"	935.22 mi	east	0° 09' 37.8"	11.04 mi	south	934.80 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	Tue 6:34 AM	1204 km	748 miles	650 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro *	Tue 7:34 AM	1364 km	848 miles	737 nm	WSW
Recife	Tue 6:34 AM	1453 km	903 miles	784 nm	NNW
São Paulo *	Tue 7:34 AM	1723 km	1071 miles	930 nm	WSW
Brasilia *	Tue 7:34 AM	1932 km	1200 miles	1043 nm	WNW
Fortaleza	Tue 6:34 AM	2055 km	1277 miles	1109 nm	NNW
Jamestown	Tue 9:34 AM	2643 km	1642 miles	1427 nm	E
Asuncion *	Tue 6:34 AM	2854 km	1773 miles	1541 nm	WSW
Belém	Tue 6:34 AM	2887 km	1794 miles	1559 nm	NW
Montevideo *	Tue 7:34 AM	3001 km	1865 miles	1621 nm	SW