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 13:34:00 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: 6%

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 13:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 11'	North
Longitude:	5° 30'	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' 30.9"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.23 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 59.3"	1003.97 mi	west	0° 11' 49.3"	13.54 mi	north	1004.02 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 30.1"	793.62 mi	east	4° 35' 49.9"	315.90 mi	north	852.79 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
São Tomé	Tue 1:34 PM	166 km	103 miles	90 nm	SE
Port-Gentil	Tue 2:34 PM	423 km	263 miles	229 nm	ESE
Port Harcourt	Tue 2:34 PM	435 km	270 miles	235 nm	NNE
Libreville	Tue 2:34 PM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	ESE
Malabo	Tue 2:34 PM	464 km	289 miles	251 nm	NE
Bata	Tue 2:34 PM	481 km	299 miles	260 nm	E
Uyo	Tue 2:34 PM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	NNE
Douala	Tue 2:34 PM	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	NE
Benin City	Tue 2:34 PM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	N
Enugu	Tue 2:34 PM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	NNE