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 Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 18:34:00 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: 40%

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 Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 07'	North
Longitude:	21° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.43 meters/second, 1545.9 km/hour, 960.6 miles/hour or 834.7 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"	16.01 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	16.01 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 33.3"	960.42 mi	west	0° 06' 01.8"	6.91 mi	north	960.18 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 10.9"	756.21 mi	east	2° 01' 14.8"	138.99 mi	north	764.69 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
Santa Maria	Sat 5:34 PM	130 km	81 miles	70 nm	WSW
Praia	Sat 5:34 PM	304 km	189 miles	164 nm	SW
Mindelo	Sat 5:34 PM	340 km	211 miles	183 nm	W
Dakar	Sat 6:34 PM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	ESE
Thiès	Sat 6:34 PM	582 km	361 miles	314 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sat 6:34 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	E
Rosso	Sat 6:34 PM	643 km	400 miles	347 nm	E
Nouadhibou	Sat 6:34 PM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	NE
Touba	Sat 6:34 PM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	ESE
Serekunda	Sat 6:34 PM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	SE