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 03:58:00 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: 79%

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 03:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 37'	South
Longitude:	6° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.79 meters/second, 1558.0 km/hour, 968.1 miles/hour or 841.3 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' 27.5"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	south	16.14 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 33.6"	967.93 mi	west	0° 08' 40.3"	9.94 mi	south	967.66 mi
24 hours	13° 14' 06.8"	886.01 mi	east	3° 02' 30.4"	209.17 mi	south	903.99 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
Jamestown	Sat 3:58 AM	172 km	107 miles	93 nm	SSE
São Tomé	Sat 3:58 AM	2209 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	NE
Abidjan	Sat 3:58 AM	2222 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	N
Luanda	Sat 4:58 AM	2251 km	1398 miles	1215 nm	ENE
Accra	Sat 3:58 AM	2337 km	1452 miles	1262 nm	NNE
Monrovia	Sat 3:58 AM	2361 km	1467 miles	1275 nm	NNW
Yamoussoukro	Sat 3:58 AM	2374 km	1475 miles	1282 nm	N
Libreville	Sat 4:58 AM	2423 km	1506 miles	1308 nm	NE
Lome	Sat 3:58 AM	2450 km	1522 miles	1323 nm	NNE
Porto Novo	Sat 4:58 AM	2553 km	1586 miles	1379 nm	NNE