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 Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 15:08:00 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.
Moon phase
Fraction of moon illuminated: 66%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 15:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 1° 54' | South |
| Longitude: | 157° 31' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.10 meters/second, 1616.7 km/hour, 1004.6 miles/hour or 873.0 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' 31.7" | 16.74 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.5" | 0.22 mi | south | 16.74 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 47.7" | 1004.56 mi | west | 0° 11' 37.8" | 13.32 mi | south | 1004.59 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 28' 44.7" | 793.63 mi | east | 4° 37' 27.5" | 317.77 mi | south | 853.10 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 | Fri 5:08 AM | 418 km | 260 miles | 226 nm |  N |
| Fakaofo | Fri 4:08 AM | 1728 km | 1074 miles | 933 nm |  WSW |
| Papeete | Thu 5:08 AM | 1935 km | 1202 miles | 1045 nm |  SSE |
| Apia * | Fri 5:08 AM | 2049 km | 1273 miles | 1107 nm |  SW |
| Baker Island | Thu 3:08 AM | 2123 km | 1319 miles | 1146 nm |  W |
| Rarotonga | Thu 5:08 AM | 2152 km | 1337 miles | 1162 nm |  S |
| Alofi | Thu 4:08 AM | 2329 km | 1447 miles | 1257 nm | SW |
| Honolulu | Thu 5:08 AM | 2569 km | 1596 miles | 1387 nm | N |
| Funafuti | Fri 3:08 AM | 2679 km | 1665 miles | 1447 nm | WSW |
| Nukualofa | Fri 4:08 AM | 2864 km | 1780 miles | 1547 nm | SW |
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