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 14:34:00 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: 7%

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 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 23'	North
Longitude:	9° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.80 meters/second, 1615.7 km/hour, 1003.9 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° 31' 01.1"	1003.93 mi	west	0° 11' 48.0"	13.51 mi	north	1003.98 mi
24 hours	11° 27' 53.4"	792.86 mi	east	4° 35' 03.5"	315.01 mi	north	851.65 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
Monrovia	Tue 2:34 PM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	NNW
Kakata	Tue 2:34 PM	588 km	366 miles	318 nm	NNW
Gbarnga	Tue 2:34 PM	623 km	387 miles	336 nm	N
Nzérékoré	Tue 2:34 PM	705 km	438 miles	381 nm	N
Abidjan	Tue 2:34 PM	706 km	439 miles	381 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Tue 2:34 PM	731 km	454 miles	395 nm	NE
Kenema	Tue 2:34 PM	757 km	471 miles	409 nm	NNW
Bo	Tue 2:34 PM	787 km	489 miles	425 nm	NNW
Bouaké	Tue 2:34 PM	826 km	514 miles	446 nm	NNE
Freetown	Tue 2:34 PM	914 km	568 miles	494 nm	NNW