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 18:50:00 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 18:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 14'	South
Longitude:	160° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.11 meters/second, 1602.4 km/hour, 995.7 miles/hour or 865.2 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' 30.4"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 27.6"	995.60 mi	west	0° 11' 18.0"	12.94 mi	south	995.48 mi
24 hours	12° 07' 22.5"	831.96 mi	east	4° 21' 36.4"	299.68 mi	south	879.75 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 5:50 AM	246 km	153 miles	133 nm	S
Arawa	Sat 4:50 AM	532 km	331 miles	287 nm	WNW
Yaren	Sat 6:50 AM	1045 km	649 miles	564 nm	NE
Port Vila	Sat 5:50 AM	1453 km	903 miles	785 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 4:50 AM	1462 km	909 miles	789 nm	W
Palikir	Sat 5:50 AM	1582 km	983 miles	854 nm	N
Tarawa	Sat 6:50 AM	1707 km	1060 miles	922 nm	NE
Cairns	Sat 4:50 AM	1906 km	1184 miles	1029 nm	SW
Majuro	Sat 6:50 AM	2000 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	NE
Funafuti	Sat 6:50 AM	2093 km	1301 miles	1130 nm	E