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 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 08:34:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 58'	North
Longitude:	58° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.44 meters/second, 1614.4 km/hour, 1003.1 miles/hour or 871.7 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' 31.1"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 13.6"	1003.11 mi	west	0° 11' 27.3"	13.12 mi	north	1003.11 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 53.1"	790.87 mi	east	4° 25' 46.1"	304.39 mi	north	845.21 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
Victoria	Tue 12:34 PM	891 km	554 miles	481 nm	SSW
Mogadishu	Tue 11:34 AM	1427 km	887 miles	771 nm	W
Male	Tue 1:34 PM	1713 km	1065 miles	925 nm	E
Aden	Tue 11:34 AM	1812 km	1126 miles	978 nm	NW
Djibouti	Tue 11:34 AM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	WNW
Diego Garcia	Tue 2:34 PM	1953 km	1214 miles	1055 nm	SE
Sana	Tue 11:34 AM	2052 km	1275 miles	1108 nm	NW
Thiruvananthapuram	Tue 2:04 PM	2171 km	1349 miles	1172 nm	ENE
Addis Ababa	Tue 11:34 AM	2247 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	WNW
Muscat	Tue 12:34 PM	2284 km	1419 miles	1233 nm	N