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 14:20:00 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 14:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 12'	South
Longitude:	29° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.18 meters/second, 1595.5 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 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' 28.6"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 41.6"	991.33 mi	west	0° 11' 33.5"	13.24 mi	north	991.66 mi
24 hours	12° 15' 19.6"	839.15 mi	east	4° 44' 19.6"	325.65 mi	north	903.87 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
Fernando de Noronha	Sun 12:20 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	NNW
Recife	Sun 11:20 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	W
Natal	Sun 11:20 AM	672 km	417 miles	363 nm	WNW
Maceió	Sun 11:20 AM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	WSW
Salvador	Sun 11:20 AM	1099 km	683 miles	593 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Sun 11:20 AM	1102 km	684 miles	595 nm	WNW
Brasilia *	Sun 12:20 PM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	WSW
Rio de Janeiro *	Sun 12:20 PM	2181 km	1355 miles	1178 nm	SW
Belém	Sun 11:20 AM	2214 km	1376 miles	1196 nm	WNW
São Paulo *	Sun 12:20 PM	2483 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	SW