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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 03:08:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 84%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 03:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||2° 59' ||South|
|Longitude: ||1° 10' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.56 meters/second, 1614.8 km/hour, 1003.4 miles/hour or 871.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 31.5"||16.72 mi||west||0° 00' 11.5"||0.22 mi||south||16.72 mi|
|1 hour||14° 31' 26.2"||1003.35 mi||west||0° 11' 35.0"||13.26 mi||south||1003.34 mi|
|24 hours||11° 35' 41.1"||800.99 mi||east||4° 33' 40.2"||313.44 mi||south||857.81 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Accra||Thu 3:08 AM||949 km||590 miles||512 nm|| N|
|São Tomé||Thu 3:08 AM||952 km||591 miles||514 nm|| ENE|
|Abidjan||Thu 3:08 AM||971 km||604 miles||525 nm|| NNW|
|Lome||Thu 3:08 AM||1042 km||647 miles||562 nm|| NNE|
|Porto Novo||Thu 4:08 AM||1136 km||706 miles||614 nm|| NNE|
|Lagos||Thu 4:08 AM||1157 km||719 miles||625 nm|| NNE|
|Yamoussoukro||Thu 3:08 AM||1176 km||731 miles||635 nm|| NNW|
|Libreville||Thu 4:08 AM||1239 km||770 miles||669 nm|| ENE|
|Malabo||Thu 4:08 AM||1335 km||829 miles||721 nm|| NE|
|Monrovia||Thu 3:08 AM||1485 km||923 miles||802 nm|| NW|
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