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 Tuesday, February 19, 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: 68%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 20:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 33' | North |
| Longitude: | 15° 14' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.43 meters/second, 1513.6 km/hour, 940.5 miles/hour or 817.3 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' 30.7" | 15.68 mi | west | 0° 00' 00.7" | 0.01 mi | south | 15.68 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 50.1" | 940.23 mi | west | 0° 00' 42.5" | 0.81 mi | south | 940.27 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 50.5" | 755.70 mi | east | 0° 43' 18.2" | 49.65 mi | south | 759.08 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 |
|---|
| Nouadhibou | Tue 8:30 PM | 192 km | 120 miles | 104 nm |  WNW |
| Nouakchott | Tue 8:30 PM | 283 km | 176 miles | 153 nm |  SSW |
| Rosso | Tue 8:30 PM | 450 km | 280 miles | 243 nm |  S |
| Touba | Tue 8:30 PM | 632 km | 393 miles | 341 nm | S |
| Thiès | Tue 8:30 PM | 661 km | 411 miles | 357 nm | SSW |
| Dakar | Tue 8:30 PM | 690 km | 429 miles | 373 nm | SSW |
| El Aaiún | Tue 8:30 PM | 760 km | 473 miles | 411 nm |  NNE |
| Farafenni | Tue 8:30 PM | 773 km | 480 miles | 417 nm | S |
| Banjul | Tue 8:30 PM | 798 km | 496 miles | 431 nm | S |
| Serekunda | Tue 8:30 PM | 801 km | 498 miles | 433 nm | S |
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