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, March 2, 2013 at 00:40:00 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: 80%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 00:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 07'	South
Longitude:	41° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.82 meters/second, 1561.7 km/hour, 970.4 miles/hour or 843.3 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' 27.7"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 45.1"	970.25 mi	west	0° 08' 56.5"	10.25 mi	south	969.99 mi
24 hours	13° 09' 41.2"	882.99 mi	east	3° 10' 01.4"	217.78 mi	south	903.04 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
Nampula	Sat 2:40 AM	231 km	143 miles	125 nm	WSW
Moroni	Sat 3:40 AM	360 km	224 miles	194 nm	NE
Mutsamudu	Sat 3:40 AM	414 km	257 miles	224 nm	ENE
Mamoutzou	Sat 3:40 AM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	ENE
Blantyre	Sat 2:40 AM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Sat 2:40 AM	796 km	495 miles	430 nm	W
Dar es Salaam	Sat 3:40 AM	833 km	518 miles	450 nm	NNW
Antananarivo	Sat 3:40 AM	862 km	536 miles	466 nm	SE
Antsirabe	Sat 3:40 AM	892 km	555 miles	482 nm	SE
Zanzibar City	Sat 3:40 AM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	NNW