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 21:52:00 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 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 45'	North
Longitude:	23° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.57 meters/second, 1521.3 km/hour, 945.3 miles/hour or 821.4 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"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	south	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.6"	945.04 mi	west	0° 03' 06.8"	3.57 mi	south	945.20 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 00.7"	756.45 mi	east	1° 40' 07.7"	114.79 mi	south	768.90 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
Santa Maria	Wed 8:52 PM	353 km	219 miles	191 nm	S
Mindelo	Wed 8:52 PM	359 km	223 miles	194 nm	SSW
Praia	Wed 8:52 PM	535 km	333 miles	289 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Wed 9:52 PM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	ENE
Nouakchott	Wed 9:52 PM	804 km	500 miles	434 nm	ESE
Dakar	Wed 9:52 PM	849 km	527 miles	458 nm	SE
Thiès	Wed 9:52 PM	881 km	547 miles	475 nm	SE
Rosso	Wed 9:52 PM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	ESE
Touba	Wed 9:52 PM	966 km	600 miles	522 nm	ESE
Serekunda	Wed 9:52 PM	1002 km	622 miles	541 nm	SE