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 Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 17:10:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 17:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 01'	South
Longitude:	92° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.92 meters/second, 1504.5 km/hour, 934.9 miles/hour or 812.4 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' 22.7"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	north	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 42.7"	934.64 mi	west	0° 04' 02.3"	4.63 mi	north	934.85 mi
24 hours	14° 41' 03.9"	954.51 mi	east	2° 15' 24.7"	155.24 mi	north	973.54 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
Easter Island *	Thu 12:10 PM	1870 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	WSW
Lima	Thu 12:10 PM	1889 km	1174 miles	1020 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Thu 11:10 AM	2141 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	N
Guayaquil	Thu 12:10 PM	2409 km	1497 miles	1301 nm	NE
La Paz	Thu 1:10 PM	2621 km	1629 miles	1415 nm	E
Santiago *	Thu 2:10 PM	2637 km	1638 miles	1424 nm	SE
Quito	Thu 12:10 PM	2678 km	1664 miles	1446 nm	NE
Sucre	Thu 1:10 PM	2875 km	1787 miles	1553 nm	E
Córdoba	Thu 2:10 PM	3114 km	1935 miles	1682 nm	ESE
Bogota	Thu 12:10 PM	3401 km	2114 miles	1837 nm	NE