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 13:58:00 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: 56%

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 13:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 19'	South
Longitude:	129° 06'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.11 meters/second, 1606.0 km/hour, 997.9 miles/hour or 867.2 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' 30.7"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.6"	997.83 mi	west	0° 11' 24.7"	13.07 mi	south	997.73 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 28.3"	824.49 mi	east	4° 25' 50.3"	304.51 mi	south	874.85 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
Adamstown	Fri 5:58 AM	2078 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	S
Papeete	Fri 3:58 AM	2547 km	1583 miles	1375 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Fri 8:58 AM	3109 km	1932 miles	1679 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Sat 3:58 AM	3265 km	2029 miles	1763 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Fri 3:58 AM	3693 km	2295 miles	1994 nm	WSW
Mexico City	Fri 7:58 AM	4347 km	2701 miles	2347 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Fri 6:58 AM	4371 km	2716 miles	2360 nm	NNE
Honolulu	Fri 3:58 AM	4381 km	2722 miles	2366 nm	NW
Los Angeles	Fri 5:58 AM	4611 km	2865 miles	2490 nm	NNE
Alofi	Fri 2:58 AM	4637 km	2881 miles	2504 nm	WSW