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 Friday, February 15, 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: 31%

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 Friday, February 15, 2013 at 18:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 17'	North
Longitude:	30° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.53 meters/second, 1567.9 km/hour, 974.3 miles/hour or 846.6 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' 31.7"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	north	16.24 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 48.1"	974.11 mi	west	0° 07' 55.0"	9.07 mi	north	973.87 mi
24 hours	11° 19' 20.3"	759.11 mi	east	2° 48' 55.8"	193.60 mi	north	778.52 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
Mindelo	Fri 5:24 PM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	ENE
Praia	Fri 5:24 PM	778 km	483 miles	420 nm	E
Dakar	Fri 6:24 PM	1432 km	890 miles	773 nm	E
Banjul	Fri 6:24 PM	1530 km	951 miles	826 nm	E
Nouakchott	Fri 6:24 PM	1630 km	1013 miles	880 nm	ENE
Bissau	Fri 6:24 PM	1662 km	1032 miles	897 nm	E
Conakry	Fri 6:24 PM	1924 km	1196 miles	1039 nm	ESE
Freetown	Fri 6:24 PM	2011 km	1249 miles	1086 nm	ESE
Fortaleza	Fri 3:24 PM	2175 km	1352 miles	1174 nm	SSW
El Aaiún	Fri 6:24 PM	2309 km	1435 miles	1247 nm	NE