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 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: 59%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 18, 2013 at 20:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 21'	North
Longitude:	24° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.04 meters/second, 1515.7 km/hour, 941.8 miles/hour or 818.4 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"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	north	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.1"	941.58 mi	west	0° 01' 35.2"	1.82 mi	north	941.50 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 34.2"	755.30 mi	east	0° 11' 57.4"	13.71 mi	north	754.93 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
Mindelo	Mon 7:20 PM	387 km	241 miles	209 nm	S
Santa Maria	Mon 7:20 PM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	SSE
Praia	Mon 7:20 PM	609 km	379 miles	329 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Mon 8:20 PM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	E
Nouakchott	Mon 8:20 PM	926 km	576 miles	500 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 8:20 PM	975 km	606 miles	527 nm	SE
Rosso	Mon 8:20 PM	1008 km	626 miles	544 nm	ESE
Thiès	Mon 8:20 PM	1008 km	626 miles	544 nm	SE
Banjul	Mon 8:20 PM	1135 km	705 miles	613 nm	SE
Bissau	Mon 8:20 PM	1335 km	829 miles	721 nm	SE