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 Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11:34:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 8%

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 Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 51'	North
Longitude:	37° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.67 meters/second, 1582.8 km/hour, 983.5 miles/hour or 854.7 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' 31.5"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 30.1"	983.41 mi	west	0° 09' 02.6"	10.36 mi	north	983.20 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 35.0"	773.65 mi	east	3° 17' 45.3"	226.60 mi	north	801.27 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
Mek'ele	Thu 2:34 PM	290 km	180 miles	157 nm	NE
Addis Ababa	Thu 2:34 PM	346 km	215 miles	187 nm	SSE
Teseney	Thu 2:34 PM	370 km	230 miles	200 nm	NNW
Kassala	Thu 2:34 PM	413 km	257 miles	223 nm	NNW
Adama	Thu 2:34 PM	419 km	260 miles	226 nm	SSE
Asmara	Thu 2:34 PM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	NNE
Keren	Thu 2:34 PM	450 km	280 miles	243 nm	NNE
Dire Dawa	Thu 2:34 PM	548 km	340 miles	296 nm	ESE
Ali Sabieh	Thu 2:34 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	E
Tadjoura	Thu 2:34 PM	597 km	371 miles	323 nm	E