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 20:30:00 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: 60%

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 20:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 21'	North
Longitude:	26° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.02 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' 58.0"	941.55 mi	west	0° 01' 34.4"	1.80 mi	north	941.48 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 35.6"	755.30 mi	east	0° 11' 34.7"	13.28 mi	north	754.94 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 7:30 PM	432 km	269 miles	234 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Mon 7:30 PM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	SE
Praia	Mon 7:30 PM	699 km	435 miles	378 nm	SSE
Nouakchott	Mon 8:30 PM	1173 km	729 miles	634 nm	E
Dakar	Mon 8:30 PM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	ESE
Banjul	Mon 8:30 PM	1337 km	831 miles	722 nm	ESE
Bissau	Mon 8:30 PM	1530 km	950 miles	826 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Mon 8:30 PM	1583 km	984 miles	855 nm	ENE
Conakry	Mon 8:30 PM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	SE
Freetown	Mon 8:30 PM	1969 km	1224 miles	1063 nm	SE