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 18:14:00 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: 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 18:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 44'	North
Longitude:	39° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.55 meters/second, 1589.6 km/hour, 987.7 miles/hour or 858.3 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"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 52.4"	987.63 mi	west	0° 09' 33.1"	10.94 mi	north	987.43 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 24.3"	765.11 mi	east	3° 31' 09.9"	241.94 mi	north	797.75 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
Cayenne	Thu 3:14 PM	1549 km	962 miles	836 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Thu 3:14 PM	1605 km	998 miles	867 nm	S
Belém	Thu 3:14 PM	1672 km	1039 miles	903 nm	SW
Praia	Thu 5:14 PM	1799 km	1118 miles	972 nm	ENE
Paramaribo	Thu 3:14 PM	1804 km	1121 miles	974 nm	WSW
Georgetown	Thu 2:14 PM	2094 km	1301 miles	1130 nm	W
Recife	Thu 3:14 PM	2146 km	1333 miles	1159 nm	SSE
Bridgetown	Thu 2:14 PM	2202 km	1368 miles	1189 nm	W
Castries	Thu 2:14 PM	2359 km	1466 miles	1274 nm	W
Kingstown	Thu 2:14 PM	2376 km	1476 miles	1283 nm	W