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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 08:58:00 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: 59%

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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 08:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 21'	South
Longitude:	56° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.00 meters/second, 1609.2 km/hour, 999.9 miles/hour or 868.9 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' 30.9"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.67 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.8"	999.84 mi	west	0° 11' 30.3"	13.18 mi	south	999.77 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 49.7"	817.11 mi	east	4° 29' 31.1"	308.71 mi	south	869.90 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
Santarém	Fri 5:58 AM	382 km	238 miles	206 nm	NNE
Manaus	Fri 4:58 AM	460 km	286 miles	248 nm	WNW
Belém	Fri 5:58 AM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	ENE
Cayenne	Fri 5:58 AM	1230 km	764 miles	664 nm	NNE
Paramaribo	Fri 5:58 AM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	N
Georgetown	Fri 4:58 AM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	N
Brasilia *	Fri 6:58 AM	1492 km	927 miles	806 nm	SE
La Paz	Fri 4:58 AM	1767 km	1098 miles	954 nm	SW
Sucre	Fri 4:58 AM	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	SSW
Port of Spain	Fri 4:58 AM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	NNW