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 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 17:16:00 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: 50%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 17:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 02' | North |
| Longitude: | 12° 26' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.88 meters/second, 1518.8 km/hour, 943.7 miles/hour or 820.1 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' 30.9" | 15.73 mi | west | 0° 00' 01.8" | 0.03 mi | south | 15.73 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 00.4" | 943.49 mi | west | 0° 01' 52.3" | 2.15 mi | south | 943.58 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 33' 25.5" | 751.22 mi | east | 1° 10' 13.4" | 80.51 mi | south | 758.24 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 |
|---|
| Agadez | Tue 6:16 PM | 580 km | 360 miles | 313 nm |  SW |
| Zinder | Tue 6:16 PM | 781 km | 485 miles | 422 nm |  SSW |
| Maradi | Tue 6:16 PM | 921 km | 572 miles | 497 nm | SW |
| Ndjamena | Tue 6:16 PM | 921 km | 572 miles | 497 nm |  SSE |
| Kano | Tue 6:16 PM | 984 km | 611 miles | 531 nm | SSW |
| Niamey | Tue 6:16 PM | 1316 km | 818 miles | 711 nm |  WSW |
| Abuja | Tue 6:16 PM | 1328 km | 825 miles | 717 nm | SSW |
| Tripoli | Tue 6:16 PM | 1426 km | 886 miles | 770 nm |  N |
| Ouagadougou | Tue 5:16 PM | 1716 km | 1067 miles | 927 nm | WSW |
| Valletta | Tue 6:16 PM | 1769 km | 1099 miles | 955 nm | N |
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