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 04:38:00 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 04:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 17'	North
Longitude:	87° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.61 meters/second, 1586.2 km/hour, 985.6 miles/hour or 856.5 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"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 36.3"	985.53 mi	west	0° 09' 27.2"	10.83 mi	south	985.85 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 30.7"	769.48 mi	east	4° 02' 07.7"	277.36 mi	south	822.40 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
León	Sat 10:38 PM	131 km	82 miles	71 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 10:38 PM	136 km	85 miles	74 nm	NE
Masaya	Sat 10:38 PM	138 km	86 miles	74 nm	NE
Liberia	Sat 10:38 PM	199 km	124 miles	108 nm	ESE
San Miguel	Sat 10:38 PM	269 km	167 miles	145 nm	NNW
Tegucigalpa	Sat 10:38 PM	311 km	193 miles	168 nm	N
San Salvador	Sat 10:38 PM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	NW
Alajuela	Sat 10:38 PM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	ESE
San Jose	Sat 10:38 PM	366 km	227 miles	198 nm	ESE
Santa Ana	Sat 10:38 PM	399 km	248 miles	215 nm	NW