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 17:20:00 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 17:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 00'	South
Longitude:	95° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.95 meters/second, 1504.6 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' 43.0"	934.71 mi	west	0° 04' 03.8"	4.66 mi	north	934.92 mi
24 hours	14° 40' 50.5"	954.33 mi	east	2° 15' 57.0"	155.86 mi	north	973.48 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 12:20 PM	1653 km	1027 miles	892 nm	WSW
Lima	Thu 12:20 PM	2118 km	1316 miles	1144 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Thu 11:20 AM	2196 km	1364 miles	1186 nm	NNE
Guayaquil	Thu 12:20 PM	2568 km	1595 miles	1386 nm	NE
Santiago *	Thu 2:20 PM	2836 km	1762 miles	1531 nm	SE
Quito	Thu 12:20 PM	2836 km	1762 miles	1531 nm	NE
La Paz	Thu 1:20 PM	2871 km	1784 miles	1550 nm	E
Sucre	Thu 1:20 PM	3126 km	1942 miles	1688 nm	E
Córdoba	Thu 2:20 PM	3334 km	2072 miles	1800 nm	ESE
San Jose	Thu 11:20 AM	3523 km	2189 miles	1902 nm	NNE