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 12:44:00 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 12:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 01'	North
Longitude:	20° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.38 meters/second, 1581.8 km/hour, 982.9 miles/hour or 854.1 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"	16.38 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.38 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 29.9"	982.77 mi	west	0° 08' 57.9"	10.27 mi	north	982.55 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 46.3"	773.37 mi	east	3° 15' 44.2"	224.28 mi	north	800.33 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
Sarh	Thu 1:44 PM	390 km	242 miles	211 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Thu 1:44 PM	588 km	365 miles	317 nm	W
Moundou	Thu 1:44 PM	613 km	381 miles	331 nm	SW
Bangui	Thu 1:44 PM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	SSW
Bimbo	Thu 1:44 PM	888 km	552 miles	480 nm	SSW
Wau	Thu 3:44 PM	955 km	593 miles	516 nm	ESE
Berbérati	Thu 1:44 PM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	SSW
Kano	Thu 1:44 PM	1300 km	808 miles	702 nm	W
Yaoundé	Thu 1:44 PM	1336 km	830 miles	722 nm	SW
Khartoum	Thu 3:44 PM	1365 km	848 miles	737 nm	ENE