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 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: 13%

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

Latitude:	5° 58'	North
Longitude:	2° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.82 meters/second, 1608.5 km/hour, 999.5 miles/hour or 868.5 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' 31.5"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 36.9"	999.48 mi	west	0° 11' 00.4"	12.61 mi	north	999.39 mi
24 hours	11° 17' 42.8"	777.14 mi	east	4° 10' 43.1"	287.18 mi	north	825.09 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
Cotonou	Wed 3:34 PM	45 km	28 miles	24 nm	N
Porto Novo	Wed 3:34 PM	70 km	44 miles	38 nm	NNE
Lagos	Wed 3:34 PM	114 km	71 miles	61 nm	ENE
Lome	Wed 2:34 PM	137 km	85 miles	74 nm	W
Ibadan	Wed 3:34 PM	224 km	139 miles	121 nm	NE
Accra	Wed 2:34 PM	297 km	185 miles	160 nm	W
Benin City	Wed 3:34 PM	355 km	220 miles	192 nm	E
Sokodé	Wed 2:34 PM	364 km	226 miles	196 nm	NNW
Parakou	Wed 3:34 PM	373 km	232 miles	202 nm	N
Kara	Wed 2:34 PM	419 km	261 miles	226 nm	NNW