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 Monday, January 26, 2009 at 18:06:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, February 2, 2009 at 11:13 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 18:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 06'	South
Longitude:	83° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.13 meters/second, 1548.5 km/hour, 962.2 miles/hour or 836.1 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' 32.9"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 52.4"	961.97 mi	west	0° 11' 05.5"	12.71 mi	north	962.53 mi
24 hours	10° 39' 53.9"	705.29 mi	east	4° 45' 31.9"	327.21 mi	north	784.87 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
Lima	Mon 1:06 PM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	NE
La Paz	Mon 2:06 PM	1684 km	1046 miles	909 nm	E
Guayaquil	Mon 1:06 PM	1703 km	1058 miles	920 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Mon 12:06 PM	1896 km	1178 miles	1024 nm	NNW
Quito	Mon 1:06 PM	1957 km	1216 miles	1057 nm	NNE
Sucre	Mon 2:06 PM	1986 km	1234 miles	1072 nm	E
Santiago *	Mon 3:06 PM	2245 km	1395 miles	1212 nm	SSE
Córdoba *	Mon 4:06 PM	2550 km	1584 miles	1377 nm	SE
Bogota	Mon 1:06 PM	2635 km	1637 miles	1423 nm	NNE
Easter Island *	Mon 1:06 PM	2839 km	1764 miles	1533 nm	WSW