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 18:30:00 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: 49%

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 18:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 08'	North
Longitude:	9° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.39 meters/second, 1527.8 km/hour, 949.3 miles/hour or 824.9 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"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 15.0"	949.10 mi	west	0° 03' 57.9"	4.55 mi	north	948.92 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 14.2"	755.26 mi	east	1° 10' 02.9"	80.31 mi	north	756.82 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
Nouakchott	Sun 6:30 PM	704 km	437 miles	380 nm	W
Bamako	Sun 6:30 PM	733 km	455 miles	396 nm	SSE
Rosso	Sun 6:30 PM	738 km	458 miles	398 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Sun 6:30 PM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	WNW
Touba	Sun 6:30 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	WSW
Koutiala	Sun 6:30 PM	857 km	532 miles	463 nm	SSE
Farafenni	Sun 6:30 PM	903 km	561 miles	488 nm	SW
Gabú	Sun 6:30 PM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	SW
Thiès	Sun 6:30 PM	934 km	580 miles	504 nm	WSW
Sikasso	Sun 6:30 PM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	SSE