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 Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 22:20:00 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: 96%

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 Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 22:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 15'	North
Longitude:	4° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.05 meters/second, 1580.6 km/hour, 982.1 miles/hour or 853.4 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' 31.5"	16.37 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.37 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 33.7"	982.02 mi	west	0° 09' 03.3"	10.38 mi	south	982.35 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 59.0"	767.32 mi	east	3° 53' 50.1"	267.88 mi	south	817.50 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
Niamey	Sat 11:20 PM	283 km	176 miles	153 nm	WNW
Maradi	Sat 11:20 PM	327 km	203 miles	176 nm	ENE
Parakou	Sat 11:20 PM	374 km	232 miles	202 nm	SSW
Kaduna	Sat 11:20 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	ESE
Kano	Sat 11:20 PM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	E
Abuja	Sat 11:20 PM	457 km	284 miles	247 nm	SE
Kara	Sat 10:20 PM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	SW
Sokodé	Sat 10:20 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	SW
Zinder	Sat 11:20 PM	530 km	329 miles	286 nm	ENE
Ibadan	Sat 11:20 PM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	S