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 18:24:00 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 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 46'	North
Longitude:	41° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.51 meters/second, 1589.4 km/hour, 987.6 miles/hour or 858.2 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' 31.8"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 52.4"	987.54 mi	west	0° 09' 32.4"	10.93 mi	north	987.34 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 25.0"	765.05 mi	east	3° 30' 53.8"	241.64 mi	north	797.60 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 3:24 PM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	WSW
Belém	Thu 3:24 PM	1531 km	952 miles	827 nm	SSW
Paramaribo	Thu 3:24 PM	1553 km	965 miles	839 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Thu 3:24 PM	1648 km	1024 miles	890 nm	SSE
Georgetown	Thu 2:24 PM	1834 km	1140 miles	991 nm	WSW
Bridgetown	Thu 2:24 PM	1940 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	W
Praia	Thu 5:24 PM	2054 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	ENE
Castries	Thu 2:24 PM	2099 km	1304 miles	1133 nm	WNW
Kingstown	Thu 2:24 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1141 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Thu 2:24 PM	2118 km	1316 miles	1143 nm	WNW