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 15:30:00 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 15:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 55'	North
Longitude:	34° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.93 meters/second, 1529.8 km/hour, 950.5 miles/hour or 826.0 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"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 17.2"	950.33 mi	west	0° 04' 13.9"	4.85 mi	north	950.14 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 25.1"	755.31 mi	east	1° 16' 38.1"	87.86 mi	north	757.48 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
Port Sudan	Sun 6:30 PM	330 km	205 miles	178 nm	ENE
Khartoum	Sun 6:30 PM	406 km	252 miles	219 nm	SSW
Kassala	Sun 6:30 PM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	SSE
Teseney	Sun 6:30 PM	498 km	310 miles	269 nm	SSE
Keren	Sun 6:30 PM	573 km	356 miles	310 nm	SE
Jeddah	Sun 6:30 PM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	ENE
Asmara	Sun 6:30 PM	645 km	401 miles	348 nm	SE
Makkah	Sun 6:30 PM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	ENE
Mek'ele	Sun 6:30 PM	826 km	513 miles	446 nm	SE
Medina	Sun 6:30 PM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	NE