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 19:30:00 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 19:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 12'	North
Longitude:	35° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.21 meters/second, 1545.1 km/hour, 960.1 miles/hour or 834.3 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' 31.5"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 32.6"	959.92 mi	west	0° 05' 57.2"	6.82 mi	north	959.69 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 28.0"	756.15 mi	east	1° 59' 19.1"	136.78 mi	north	764.27 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	Sat 6:30 PM	1292 km	803 miles	698 nm	E
Dakar	Sat 7:30 PM	1939 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	E
Nouakchott	Sat 7:30 PM	2058 km	1279 miles	1111 nm	E
Banjul	Sat 7:30 PM	2059 km	1279 miles	1112 nm	E
Bissau	Sat 7:30 PM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Sat 4:30 PM	2294 km	1426 miles	1239 nm	SW
Fortaleza	Sat 4:30 PM	2344 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	S
Azores	Sat 6:30 PM	2467 km	1533 miles	1332 nm	NNE
Conakry	Sat 7:30 PM	2493 km	1549 miles	1346 nm	ESE
Paramaribo	Sat 4:30 PM	2497 km	1551 miles	1348 nm	WSW