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 Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 14:30:00 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: 48%

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 Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 14:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 51'	North
Longitude:	48° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.12 meters/second, 1530.4 km/hour, 951.0 miles/hour or 826.4 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' 31.3"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 17.9"	950.75 mi	west	0° 04' 19.2"	4.96 mi	north	950.56 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 08.5"	755.33 mi	east	1° 18' 49.4"	90.37 mi	north	757.72 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
Salalah	Sun 6:30 PM	608 km	378 miles	328 nm	ESE
Sana	Sun 5:30 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	SW
Riyadh	Sun 5:30 PM	673 km	418 miles	364 nm	NNW
Doha	Sun 5:30 PM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	NNE
Aden	Sun 5:30 PM	774 km	481 miles	418 nm	SSW
Al Khor	Sun 5:30 PM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	NNE
Riffa	Sun 5:30 PM	829 km	515 miles	448 nm	NNE
Manama	Sun 5:30 PM	838 km	521 miles	452 nm	NNE
Bosaso	Sun 5:30 PM	839 km	521 miles	453 nm	S
Dammam	Sun 5:30 PM	850 km	528 miles	459 nm	N