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 Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 04:02:00 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: 97%

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 Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 04:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 22'	North
Longitude:	78° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.46 meters/second, 1585.7 km/hour, 985.3 miles/hour or 856.2 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' 31.5"	16.42 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.42 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 36.2"	985.20 mi	west	0° 09' 25.0"	10.79 mi	south	985.53 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 32.5"	769.27 mi	east	4° 01' 22.0"	276.49 mi	south	821.94 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
Panama	Sat 11:02 PM	289 km	180 miles	156 nm	SSW
Cartagena	Sat 11:02 PM	332 km	206 miles	179 nm	ESE
Barranquilla	Sat 11:02 PM	393 km	244 miles	212 nm	E
David	Sat 11:02 PM	547 km	340 miles	295 nm	SW
San Jose	Sat 10:02 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	WSW
Medellin	Sat 11:02 PM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	SSE
Alajuela	Sat 10:02 PM	651 km	404 miles	351 nm	WSW
May Pen	Sat 11:02 PM	741 km	461 miles	400 nm	N
Kingston	Sat 11:02 PM	754 km	468 miles	407 nm	NNE
Montego Bay	Sat 11:02 PM	787 km	489 miles	425 nm	N