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 18:26:00 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: 54%

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 18:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 09'	South
Longitude:	166° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.20 meters/second, 1602.7 km/hour, 995.9 miles/hour or 865.4 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' 30.4"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 29.1"	995.79 mi	west	0° 11' 18.6"	12.95 mi	south	995.67 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 42.5"	831.33 mi	east	4° 21' 58.8"	300.10 mi	south	879.34 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
Honiara	Sat 5:26 AM	720 km	447 miles	389 nm	WSW
Yaren	Sat 6:26 AM	738 km	459 miles	399 nm	N
Port Vila	Sat 5:26 AM	1195 km	743 miles	645 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Sat 6:26 AM	1221 km	759 miles	659 nm	NE
Funafuti	Sat 6:26 AM	1457 km	905 miles	787 nm	E
Majuro	Sat 6:26 AM	1681 km	1045 miles	908 nm	NNE
Palikir	Sat 5:26 AM	1787 km	1110 miles	965 nm	NNW
Suva *	Sat 7:26 AM	1808 km	1123 miles	976 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 4:26 AM	2096 km	1302 miles	1132 nm	W
Baker Island	Fri 6:26 AM	2101 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	ENE