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 14:34:00 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: 1%

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 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 06'	North
Longitude:	28° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.94 meters/second, 1612.6 km/hour, 1002.0 miles/hour or 870.7 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' 31.3"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	north	16.70 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 19.2"	1001.99 mi	west	0° 11' 16.9"	12.92 mi	north	1001.96 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 26.8"	788.25 mi	east	4° 20' 09.9"	297.98 mi	north	839.99 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
Fernando de Noronha	Tue 12:34 PM	964 km	599 miles	521 nm	SSW
Praia	Tue 1:34 PM	1338 km	831 miles	722 nm	NNE
Fortaleza	Tue 11:34 AM	1376 km	855 miles	743 nm	SW
Recife	Tue 11:34 AM	1500 km	932 miles	810 nm	SSW
Bissau	Tue 2:34 PM	1708 km	1061 miles	922 nm	ENE
Banjul	Tue 2:34 PM	1711 km	1063 miles	924 nm	NE
Dakar	Tue 2:34 PM	1724 km	1071 miles	931 nm	NE
Conakry	Tue 2:34 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	ENE
Freetown	Tue 2:34 PM	1809 km	1124 miles	977 nm	ENE
Monrovia	Tue 2:34 PM	2030 km	1262 miles	1096 nm	E