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 Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 14:34:00 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: 22%

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 Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 57'	North
Longitude:	16° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.22 meters/second, 1538.0 km/hour, 955.7 miles/hour or 830.5 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' 31.1"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 05.9"	955.47 mi	west	0° 05' 03.9"	5.81 mi	north	955.26 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 37.9"	763.08 mi	east	1° 36' 48.9"	110.99 mi	north	767.56 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
Ndjamena	Sat 3:34 PM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	SSW
Agadez	Sat 3:34 PM	940 km	584 miles	507 nm	W
Zinder	Sat 3:34 PM	951 km	591 miles	514 nm	WSW
Sarh	Sat 3:34 PM	990 km	615 miles	534 nm	S
Kano	Sat 3:34 PM	1106 km	687 miles	597 nm	SW
Abuja	Sat 3:34 PM	1421 km	883 miles	767 nm	SW
Bangui	Sat 3:34 PM	1516 km	942 miles	818 nm	S
Niamey	Sat 3:34 PM	1646 km	1023 miles	889 nm	WSW
Yaoundé	Sat 3:34 PM	1662 km	1033 miles	897 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Sat 3:34 PM	1694 km	1053 miles	915 nm	NNW