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 12:14:00 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 12:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 57'	North
Longitude:	27° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.51 meters/second, 1582.2 km/hour, 983.1 miles/hour or 854.3 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' 31.5"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 29.9"	983.05 mi	west	0° 09' 00.0"	10.31 mi	north	982.83 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 41.3"	773.49 mi	east	3° 16' 36.1"	225.28 mi	north	800.73 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
Wau	Thu 3:14 PM	471 km	293 miles	254 nm	S
Malakal	Thu 3:14 PM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Thu 3:14 PM	660 km	410 miles	356 nm	NE
Juba	Thu 3:14 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	SSE
Kassala	Thu 3:14 PM	1016 km	631 miles	549 nm	ENE
Addis Ababa	Thu 3:14 PM	1251 km	777 miles	675 nm	ESE
Asmara	Thu 3:14 PM	1270 km	789 miles	686 nm	ENE
Bangui	Thu 1:14 PM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Thu 1:14 PM	1379 km	857 miles	744 nm	W
Kampala	Thu 3:14 PM	1394 km	866 miles	753 nm	SSE