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 Monday, February 18, 2013 at 16:40:00 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: 58%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, February 18, 2013 at 16:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 14' | North |
| Longitude: | 28° 46' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.35 meters/second, 1516.9 km/hour, 942.5 miles/hour or 819.0 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' 30.9" | 15.71 mi | west | 0° 00' 02.0" | 0.04 mi | north | 15.71 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 00.1" | 942.29 mi | west | 0° 01' 56.0" | 2.22 mi | north | 942.19 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 38' 02.3" | 755.26 mi | east | 0° 20' 18.8" | 23.29 mi | north | 754.79 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 |
|---|
| Khartoum | Mon 7:40 PM | 650 km | 404 miles | 351 nm | SE |
| Port Sudan | Mon 7:40 PM | 887 km | 551 miles | 479 nm | E |
| Hurghada | Mon 6:40 PM | 932 km | 579 miles | 503 nm | NNE |
| Kassala | Mon 7:40 PM | 967 km | 601 miles | 522 nm | ESE |
| Teseney | Mon 7:40 PM | 1011 km | 628 miles | 546 nm | ESE |
| Jeddah | Mon 7:40 PM | 1091 km | 678 miles | 589 nm | E |
| Al Jizah | Mon 6:40 PM | 1111 km | 690 miles | 600 nm | NNE |
| Cairo | Mon 6:40 PM | 1115 km | 693 miles | 602 nm | NNE |
| Makkah | Mon 7:40 PM | 1158 km | 719 miles | 625 nm | E |
| Asmara | Mon 7:40 PM | 1207 km | 750 miles | 652 nm | ESE |
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