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 Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:24:00 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: 14%

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 Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 14'	North
Longitude:	36° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.38 meters/second, 1560.2 km/hour, 969.4 miles/hour or 842.4 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"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 19.9"	969.29 mi	west	0° 07' 14.8"	8.31 mi	north	969.05 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 27.1"	768.13 mi	east	2° 31' 27.4"	173.59 mi	north	782.76 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
Teseney	Fri 3:24 PM	16 km	10 miles	9 nm	SSW
Kassala	Fri 3:24 PM	42 km	26 miles	22 nm	NW
Keren	Fri 3:24 PM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	ENE
Asmara	Fri 3:24 PM	238 km	148 miles	128 nm	E
Mek'ele	Fri 3:24 PM	354 km	220 miles	191 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Fri 3:24 PM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	W
Port Sudan	Fri 3:24 PM	487 km	303 miles	263 nm	N
Addis Ababa	Fri 3:24 PM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	SSE
Jeddah	Fri 3:24 PM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	NNE
Makkah	Fri 3:24 PM	759 km	472 miles	410 nm	NNE