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 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 20:52:00 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: 77%

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 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 20:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 48'	North
Longitude:	8° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.44 meters/second, 1520.8 km/hour, 945.0 miles/hour or 821.2 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' 30.8"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.3"	944.74 mi	west	0° 03' 01.2"	3.46 mi	south	944.89 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 11.6"	756.41 mi	east	1° 37' 56.4"	112.28 mi	south	768.42 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
Nouakchott	Wed 8:52 PM	770 km	478 miles	416 nm	WSW
Bamako	Wed 8:52 PM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	S
Rosso	Wed 8:52 PM	817 km	507 miles	441 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Wed 8:52 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	W
Koutiala	Wed 8:52 PM	899 km	559 miles	485 nm	SSE
Touba	Wed 8:52 PM	922 km	573 miles	498 nm	SW
El Aaiún	Wed 8:52 PM	925 km	574 miles	499 nm	NNW
Farafenni	Wed 8:52 PM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	SW
Sikasso	Wed 8:52 PM	1001 km	622 miles	541 nm	SSE
Gabú	Wed 8:52 PM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	SW