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 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 08:34:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 5%

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 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 12'	North
Longitude:	78° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.82 meters/second, 1615.7 km/hour, 1004.0 miles/hour or 872.4 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' 30.7"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.7"	1003.98 mi	west	0° 11' 54.9"	13.65 mi	north	1004.06 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 47.9"	797.59 mi	east	4° 39' 22.4"	319.95 mi	north	858.46 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
Addu City	Tue 1:34 PM	558 km	347 miles	301 nm	W
Male	Tue 1:34 PM	671 km	417 miles	363 nm	NW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 2:04 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	NNE
Colombo	Tue 2:04 PM	770 km	478 miles	416 nm	NNE
Kulhudhuffushi	Tue 1:34 PM	902 km	560 miles	487 nm	NW
Thiruvananthapuram	Tue 2:04 PM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	N
Diego Garcia	Tue 2:34 PM	1042 km	648 miles	563 nm	SW
Madurai	Tue 2:04 PM	1075 km	668 miles	581 nm	N
Bangalore	Tue 2:04 PM	1414 km	879 miles	764 nm	N
Chennai	Tue 2:04 PM	1447 km	899 miles	781 nm	N