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 14:24:00 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 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 16'	North
Longitude:	3° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.97 meters/second, 1580.3 km/hour, 982.0 miles/hour or 853.3 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"	16.37 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	north	16.37 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 29.4"	981.85 mi	west	0° 08' 51.4"	10.15 mi	north	981.62 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 03.0"	772.96 mi	east	3° 12' 49.3"	220.95 mi	north	799.00 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
Bobo-Dioulasso	Thu 2:24 PM	134 km	83 miles	72 nm	SSW
Koudougou	Thu 2:24 PM	151 km	94 miles	82 nm	E
Koutiala	Thu 2:24 PM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	W
Sikasso	Thu 2:24 PM	234 km	146 miles	127 nm	WSW
Ouagadougou	Thu 2:24 PM	242 km	151 miles	131 nm	E
Tamale	Thu 2:24 PM	449 km	279 miles	243 nm	SE
Bamako	Thu 2:24 PM	463 km	288 miles	250 nm	W
Bouaké	Thu 2:24 PM	525 km	326 miles	284 nm	SSW
Kara	Thu 2:24 PM	619 km	384 miles	334 nm	ESE
Yamoussoukro	Thu 2:24 PM	625 km	389 miles	338 nm	SSW