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 Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 13:34:00 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: 76%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 13:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 2° 60' | North |
| Longitude: | 145° 53' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.05 meters/second, 1616.6 km/hour, 1004.5 miles/hour or 872.9 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" | 16.74 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.2" | 0.22 mi | south | 16.74 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 32' 25.7" | 1004.47 mi | west | 0° 11' 19.5" | 12.97 mi | south | 1004.64 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 07' 24.7" | 768.43 mi | east | 4° 36' 13.4" | 316.34 mi | south | 831.72 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 |
|---|
| Kiritimati | Thu 3:34 AM | 1280 km | 796 miles | 691 nm |  W |
| Papeete | Wed 3:34 AM | 2307 km | 1433 miles | 1246 nm |  S |
| Honolulu | Wed 3:34 AM | 2406 km | 1495 miles | 1299 nm |  NNW |
| Rarotonga | Wed 3:34 AM | 3079 km | 1913 miles | 1663 nm |  SSW |
| Fakaofo | Thu 2:34 AM | 3128 km | 1943 miles | 1689 nm |  WSW |
| Apia * | Thu 3:34 AM | 3412 km | 2120 miles | 1842 nm |  SW |
| Baker Island | Wed 1:34 AM | 3419 km | 2124 miles | 1846 nm | W |
| Adamstown | Wed 5:34 AM | 3542 km | 2201 miles | 1913 nm |  SSE |
| Alofi | Wed 2:34 AM | 3588 km | 2230 miles | 1938 nm | SW |
| Funafuti | Thu 1:34 AM | 4079 km | 2534 miles | 2202 nm | WSW |
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