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 07:30:00 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 07:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 43'	South
Longitude:	56° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.00 meters/second, 1562.4 km/hour, 970.8 miles/hour or 843.6 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' 26.6"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 39.9"	970.73 mi	west	0° 09' 46.6"	11.20 mi	north	971.13 mi
24 hours	13° 01' 30.9"	875.38 mi	east	4° 13' 37.6"	290.58 mi	north	929.04 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 11:30 AM	727 km	451 miles	392 nm	S
Saint-Denis	Sat 11:30 AM	796 km	495 miles	430 nm	S
Toamasina	Sat 10:30 AM	878 km	545 miles	474 nm	SW
Victoria	Sat 11:30 AM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	N
Antananarivo	Sat 10:30 AM	1092 km	678 miles	590 nm	WSW
Moroni	Sat 10:30 AM	1418 km	881 miles	766 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:30 PM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	ENE
Dar es Salaam	Sat 10:30 AM	2003 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Sat 10:30 AM	2116 km	1315 miles	1142 nm	NW
Dodoma	Sat 10:30 AM	2392 km	1486 miles	1292 nm	WNW