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 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 12:14:00 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: 12%

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 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 12:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 32'	North
Longitude:	36° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.13 meters/second, 1609.7 km/hour, 1000.2 miles/hour or 869.2 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' 31.5"	16.67 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.67 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 34.4"	1000.18 mi	west	0° 11' 06.3"	12.72 mi	north	1000.11 mi
24 hours	11° 18' 20.5"	778.44 mi	east	4° 13' 32.2"	290.41 mi	north	827.59 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
Adama	Wed 3:14 PM	464 km	289 miles	251 nm	NE
Addis Ababa	Wed 3:14 PM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	NE
Lira	Wed 3:14 PM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	SW
Juba	Wed 3:14 PM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	W
Gulu	Wed 3:14 PM	543 km	337 miles	293 nm	SW
Nakuru	Wed 3:14 PM	646 km	402 miles	349 nm	S
Malakal	Wed 3:14 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	NW
Kampala	Wed 3:14 PM	712 km	442 miles	384 nm	SW
Nairobi	Wed 3:14 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	S
Dire Dawa	Wed 3:14 PM	757 km	470 miles	409 nm	NE