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 Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 17:34:00 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: 22%

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 Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 17:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 38'	North
Longitude:	29° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.70 meters/second, 1590.1 km/hour, 988.1 miles/hour or 858.6 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' 31.8"	16.47 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 52.3"	987.98 mi	west	0° 09' 35.5"	10.99 mi	north	987.78 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 21.7"	765.33 mi	east	3° 32' 14.3"	243.17 mi	north	798.34 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
Praia	Thu 4:34 PM	836 km	519 miles	451 nm	NE
Mindelo	Thu 4:34 PM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	NE
Dakar	Thu 5:34 PM	1421 km	883 miles	767 nm	ENE
Banjul	Thu 5:34 PM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	ENE
Bissau	Thu 5:34 PM	1564 km	972 miles	845 nm	E
Nouakchott	Thu 5:34 PM	1708 km	1061 miles	922 nm	ENE
Conakry	Thu 5:34 PM	1774 km	1102 miles	958 nm	E
Freetown	Thu 5:34 PM	1840 km	1143 miles	993 nm	E
Fortaleza	Thu 2:34 PM	1861 km	1157 miles	1005 nm	SSW
Recife	Thu 2:34 PM	2145 km	1333 miles	1158 nm	SSW