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 13:20:00 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: 1%

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 13:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 45'	South
Longitude:	28° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.92 meters/second, 1569.3 km/hour, 975.1 miles/hour or 847.4 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' 26.9"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.19 mi	north	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 03.4"	975.03 mi	west	0° 10' 13.1"	11.71 mi	north	975.43 mi
24 hours	12° 52' 14.1"	868.43 mi	east	4° 21' 55.0"	300.05 mi	north	925.05 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
Recife	Sat 10:20 AM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	NW
Salvador	Sat 10:20 AM	1130 km	702 miles	610 nm	W
Fortaleza	Sat 10:20 AM	1526 km	948 miles	824 nm	NW
Rio de Janeiro *	Sat 11:20 AM	1958 km	1217 miles	1057 nm	SW
Brasilia *	Sat 11:20 AM	2163 km	1344 miles	1168 nm	WSW
São Paulo *	Sat 11:20 AM	2296 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	SW
Jamestown	Sat 1:20 PM	2435 km	1513 miles	1315 nm	E
Belém	Sat 10:20 AM	2575 km	1600 miles	1390 nm	WNW
Monrovia	Sat 1:20 PM	2845 km	1768 miles	1536 nm	NE
Freetown	Sat 1:20 PM	2865 km	1780 miles	1547 nm	NE