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 15:58:00 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 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 41'	South
Longitude:	158° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.71 meters/second, 1604.6 km/hour, 997.0 miles/hour or 866.4 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"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 37.7"	996.94 mi	west	0° 11' 22.1"	13.02 mi	south	996.83 mi
24 hours	12° 02' 39.10"	827.52 mi	east	4° 24' 10.8"	302.61 mi	south	876.85 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
Kiritimati	Sat 5:58 AM	950 km	591 miles	513 nm	N
Fakaofo	Sat 4:58 AM	1474 km	916 miles	796 nm	WSW
Papeete	Fri 5:58 AM	1518 km	943 miles	820 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Fri 5:58 AM	1619 km	1006 miles	874 nm	S
Apia *	Sat 5:58 AM	1689 km	1050 miles	912 nm	WSW
Alofi	Fri 4:58 AM	1870 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	SW
Baker Island	Fri 3:58 AM	2175 km	1352 miles	1175 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 4:58 AM	2436 km	1514 miles	1315 nm	SW
Funafuti	Sat 3:58 AM	2507 km	1558 miles	1354 nm	W
Suva *	Sat 4:58 AM	2841 km	1765 miles	1534 nm	WSW