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.
Change time and date
|< 4 weeks||4 weeks >||March equinox|
|< 1 day||1 day >||June solstice|
|< 12 hours||12 hours >||September equinox|
|< 6 hours||6 hours >||December solstice|
|< 1 hour||1 hour >||Now/Current time|
|< 10 minutes||10 minutes >|
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 03:56:00 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: 87%
|Previous phase||Full Moon||Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM|
|Next phase||Third Quarter||Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM|
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 03:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.12 meters/second, 1598.8 km/hour, 993.5 miles/hour or 863.3 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' 32.4"||16.56 mi||west||0° 00' 10.0"||0.19 mi||south||16.56 mi|
|1 hour||14° 32' 29.8"||993.35 mi||west||0° 10' 09.6"||11.64 mi||south||993.65 mi|
|24 hours||10° 58' 58.0"||750.26 mi||east||4° 15' 12.6"||292.29 mi||south||808.66 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Bissau||Tue 3:56 AM||337 km||209 miles||182 nm||NNE|
|Conakry||Tue 3:56 AM||340 km||212 miles||184 nm||E|
|Boké||Tue 3:56 AM||343 km||213 miles||185 nm||NE|
|Ziguinchor||Tue 3:56 AM||393 km||244 miles||212 nm||N|
|Freetown||Tue 3:56 AM||395 km||245 miles||213 nm||E|
|Bafatá||Tue 3:56 AM||416 km||258 miles||225 nm||NNE|
|Kindia||Tue 3:56 AM||444 km||276 miles||240 nm||ENE|
|Gabú||Tue 3:56 AM||454 km||282 miles||245 nm||NE|
|Serekunda||Tue 3:56 AM||486 km||302 miles||262 nm||N|
|Banjul||Tue 3:56 AM||487 km||303 miles||263 nm||N|
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