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, January 1, 2013 at 08:34:00 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: 86%

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 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 16'	North
Longitude:	84° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.07 meters/second, 1602.3 km/hour, 995.6 miles/hour or 865.2 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' 32.4"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 31.8"	995.54 mi	west	0° 10' 22.2"	11.88 mi	south	995.83 mi
24 hours	10° 58' 57.4"	751.88 mi	east	4° 19' 18.2"	296.99 mi	south	811.56 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
San Jose	Tue 2:34 AM	185 km	115 miles	100 nm	N
David	Tue 3:34 AM	191 km	119 miles	103 nm	E
Alajuela	Tue 2:34 AM	195 km	121 miles	105 nm	N
Boquete	Tue 3:34 AM	198 km	123 miles	107 nm	ENE
Limón	Tue 2:34 AM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	NNE
Masaya	Tue 2:34 AM	463 km	288 miles	250 nm	NNW
Managua	Tue 2:34 AM	488 km	303 miles	264 nm	NNW
Panama	Tue 3:34 AM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	E
San Miguel	Tue 2:34 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	NW
Tegucigalpa	Tue 2:34 AM	727 km	452 miles	392 nm	NNW