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 Monday, January 7, 2013 at 18:16:00 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: 22%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, January 7, 2013 at 18:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 18° 24' | South |
| Longitude: | 152° 52' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.06 meters/second, 1523.0 km/hour, 946.4 miles/hour or 822.4 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' 24.7" | 15.77 mi | west | 0° 00' 06.2" | 0.12 mi | south | 15.77 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 24' 45.1" | 946.10 mi | west | 0° 06' 16.0" | 7.19 mi | south | 945.84 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 26' 08.7" | 947.63 mi | east | 1° 55' 13.1" | 132.10 mi | south | 951.37 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 |
|---|
| Papeete | Mon 8:16 AM | 363 km | 226 miles | 196 nm |  ENE |
| Rarotonga | Mon 8:16 AM | 788 km | 490 miles | 426 nm |  WSW |
| Alofi | Mon 7:16 AM | 1798 km | 1117 miles | 971 nm |  W |
| Apia * | Tue 8:16 AM | 2082 km | 1294 miles | 1124 nm |  WNW |
| Fakaofo | Tue 7:16 AM | 2219 km | 1379 miles | 1198 nm | WNW |
| Kiritimati | Tue 8:16 AM | 2294 km | 1425 miles | 1239 nm |  NNW |
| Nukualofa | Tue 7:16 AM | 2357 km | 1465 miles | 1273 nm | W |
| Adamstown | Mon 10:16 AM | 2465 km | 1532 miles | 1331 nm |  ESE |
| Suva * | Tue 7:16 AM | 3032 km | 1884 miles | 1637 nm | W |
| Funafuti | Tue 6:16 AM | 3208 km | 1993 miles | 1732 nm | WNW |
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