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 Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 06:20:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 06:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 54'	South
Longitude:	73° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.61 meters/second, 1561.0 km/hour, 970.0 miles/hour or 842.9 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' 26.6"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 35.2"	969.86 mi	west	0° 09' 41.0"	11.09 mi	north	970.26 mi
24 hours	13° 03' 23.1"	876.77 mi	east	4° 11' 49.6"	288.52 mi	north	929.79 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
Diego Garcia	Sat 12:20 PM	731 km	454 miles	394 nm	N
Port Louis	Sat 10:20 AM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	WSW
Male	Sat 11:20 AM	2000 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	N
Saint-Denis	Sat 10:20 AM	2021 km	1256 miles	1091 nm	WSW
Victoria	Sat 10:20 AM	2188 km	1359 miles	1181 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 11:50 AM	2421 km	1505 miles	1307 nm	NNE
Colombo	Sat 11:50 AM	2423 km	1505 miles	1308 nm	NNE
Thiruvananthapuram	Sat 11:50 AM	2515 km	1563 miles	1358 nm	N
Antananarivo	Sat 9:20 AM	2781 km	1728 miles	1501 nm	WSW
Bangalore	Sat 11:50 AM	3014 km	1873 miles	1627 nm	N