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 Thursday, February 21, 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: 85%

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 Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 05'	North
Longitude:	11° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.88 meters/second, 1536.8 km/hour, 954.9 miles/hour or 829.8 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' 31.1"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 03.8"	954.72 mi	west	0° 05' 17.8"	6.07 mi	south	954.98 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 30.1"	757.98 mi	east	2° 30' 35.7"	172.61 mi	south	782.41 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	Thu 9:52 PM	443 km	275 miles	239 nm	W
Rosso	Thu 9:52 PM	461 km	286 miles	249 nm	WSW
Touba	Thu 9:52 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Thu 9:52 PM	635 km	394 miles	343 nm	WNW
Farafenni	Thu 9:52 PM	644 km	400 miles	348 nm	SW
Thiès	Thu 9:52 PM	658 km	409 miles	355 nm	WSW
Gabú	Thu 9:52 PM	693 km	431 miles	374 nm	SSW
Dakar	Thu 9:52 PM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	WSW
Bafatá	Thu 9:52 PM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	SSW
Banjul	Thu 9:52 PM	725 km	450 miles	391 nm	SW