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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 20:26:00 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: 99%

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 20:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 40'	North
Longitude:	43° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.15 meters/second, 1598.9 km/hour, 993.5 miles/hour or 863.4 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' 31.6"	16.56 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.56 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 39.6"	993.48 mi	west	0° 10' 19.6"	11.83 mi	south	993.77 mi
24 hours	11° 20' 57.0"	776.13 mi	east	4° 19' 45.6"	297.52 mi	south	834.67 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
Hargeisa	Sun 11:26 PM	127 km	79 miles	69 nm	NE
Dire Dawa	Sun 11:26 PM	191 km	118 miles	103 nm	WNW
Ali Sabieh	Sun 11:26 PM	283 km	176 miles	153 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Sun 11:26 PM	323 km	201 miles	174 nm	N
Tadjoura	Sun 11:26 PM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	N
Adama	Sun 11:26 PM	447 km	278 miles	241 nm	W
Aden	Sun 11:26 PM	495 km	308 miles	267 nm	NNE
Addis Ababa	Sun 11:26 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	W
Ta'izz	Sun 11:26 PM	547 km	340 miles	296 nm	N
Al Hudaydah	Sun 11:26 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	N