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 07:20:00 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 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 45'	South
Longitude:	58° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.95 meters/second, 1562.2 km/hour, 970.7 miles/hour or 843.5 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"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 39.2"	970.61 mi	west	0° 09' 45.7"	11.19 mi	north	971.01 mi
24 hours	13° 01' 46.9"	875.58 mi	east	4° 13' 22.4"	290.29 mi	north	929.15 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
Port Louis	Sat 11:20 AM	720 km	448 miles	389 nm	S
Saint-Denis	Sat 11:20 AM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	SSW
Victoria	Sat 11:20 AM	1067 km	663 miles	576 nm	NNW
Antananarivo	Sat 10:20 AM	1316 km	818 miles	711 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:20 PM	1668 km	1037 miles	901 nm	ENE
Moroni	Sat 10:20 AM	1677 km	1042 miles	905 nm	W
Dar es Salaam	Sat 10:20 AM	2250 km	1398 miles	1215 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sat 10:20 AM	2279 km	1416 miles	1231 nm	NW
Male	Sat 12:20 PM	2576 km	1601 miles	1391 nm	NE
Dodoma	Sat 10:20 AM	2642 km	1641 miles	1426 nm	WNW