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 Sunday, February 10, 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 13:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 23'	South
Longitude:	15° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.94 meters/second, 1594.6 km/hour, 990.8 miles/hour or 861.0 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' 28.6"	16.51 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.51 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 37.9"	990.78 mi	west	0° 11' 31.4"	13.20 mi	north	991.11 mi
24 hours	12° 16' 40.4"	840.28 mi	east	4° 43' 49.5"	325.08 mi	north	904.83 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
Jamestown	Sun 1:20 PM	1326 km	824 miles	716 nm	SE
Monrovia	Sun 1:20 PM	1697 km	1055 miles	916 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sun 1:20 PM	1878 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	N
Abidjan	Sun 1:20 PM	1959 km	1217 miles	1058 nm	NE
Conakry	Sun 1:20 PM	1986 km	1234 miles	1072 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Sun 1:20 PM	2010 km	1249 miles	1085 nm	NNE
Recife	Sun 10:20 AM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	W
Bissau	Sun 1:20 PM	2239 km	1391 miles	1209 nm	N
Accra	Sun 1:20 PM	2268 km	1409 miles	1225 nm	NE
Banjul	Sun 1:20 PM	2419 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	N