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

Latitude:	19° 15'	North
Longitude:	36° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.07 meters/second, 1526.6 km/hour, 948.6 miles/hour or 824.3 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' 31.1"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 13.6"	948.39 mi	west	0° 03' 48.1"	4.36 mi	north	948.21 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 43.1"	755.24 mi	east	1° 06' 00.2"	75.67 mi	north	756.46 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	Sun 7:20 PM	1414 km	879 miles	764 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sun 8:20 PM	2042 km	1269 miles	1103 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sun 8:20 PM	2117 km	1316 miles	1143 nm	E
Banjul	Sun 8:20 PM	2173 km	1350 miles	1173 nm	ESE
Azores	Sun 7:20 PM	2271 km	1411 miles	1226 nm	NNE
Bissau	Sun 8:20 PM	2337 km	1452 miles	1262 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Sun 5:20 PM	2375 km	1476 miles	1282 nm	SW
El Aaiún	Sun 8:20 PM	2490 km	1547 miles	1345 nm	ENE
Paramaribo	Sun 5:20 PM	2552 km	1585 miles	1378 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Sun 5:20 PM	2559 km	1590 miles	1382 nm	S