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 19:20:00 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: 50%

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 19:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 11'	North
Longitude:	21° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.24 meters/second, 1527.3 km/hour, 949.0 miles/hour or 824.7 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' 31.1"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.08 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 14.3"	948.77 mi	west	0° 03' 53.4"	4.46 mi	north	948.60 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 27.4"	755.25 mi	east	1° 08' 12.6"	78.21 mi	north	756.65 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	Sun 6:20 PM	322 km	200 miles	174 nm	SSW
Mindelo	Sun 6:20 PM	448 km	278 miles	242 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Sun 7:20 PM	506 km	315 miles	273 nm	ENE
Praia	Sun 6:20 PM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	SSW
Nouakchott	Sun 7:20 PM	595 km	370 miles	321 nm	E
Dakar	Sun 7:20 PM	661 km	411 miles	357 nm	SE
Rosso	Sun 7:20 PM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	ESE
Thiès	Sun 7:20 PM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	SE
Touba	Sun 7:20 PM	766 km	476 miles	414 nm	SE
Serekunda	Sun 7:20 PM	818 km	508 miles	442 nm	SE