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 10:08:00 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: 58%

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 10:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 35'	South
Longitude:	73° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.80 meters/second, 1608.5 km/hour, 999.5 miles/hour or 868.5 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	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 57.2"	999.39 mi	west	0° 11' 29.0"	13.15 mi	south	999.32 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 34.0"	818.81 mi	east	4° 28' 43.2"	307.80 mi	south	871.04 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
Iquitos	Fri 5:08 AM	193 km	120 miles	104 nm	N
Rio Branco	Fri 6:08 AM	791 km	492 miles	427 nm	SE
Guayaquil	Fri 5:08 AM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	WNW
Quito	Fri 5:08 AM	814 km	506 miles	439 nm	NW
Lima	Fri 5:08 AM	817 km	508 miles	441 nm	SSW
Cali	Fri 5:08 AM	1048 km	651 miles	566 nm	NNW
Bogota	Fri 5:08 AM	1131 km	703 miles	611 nm	N
Medellin	Fri 5:08 AM	1329 km	826 miles	718 nm	N
La Paz	Fri 6:08 AM	1341 km	834 miles	724 nm	SSE
Manaus	Fri 6:08 AM	1517 km	943 miles	819 nm	E