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 18:20:00 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 18:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 56'	South
Longitude:	109° 27'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.15 meters/second, 1505.3 km/hour, 935.4 miles/hour or 812.8 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"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.1"	0.08 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 45.4"	935.15 mi	west	0° 04' 12.6"	4.83 mi	north	935.37 mi
24 hours	14° 39' 29.2"	953.28 mi	east	2° 19' 10.7"	159.56 mi	north	973.16 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 1:20 PM	791 km	492 miles	427 nm	S
Adamstown	Thu 10:20 AM	2197 km	1365 miles	1187 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Thu 12:20 PM	3018 km	1875 miles	1629 nm	NE
Lima	Thu 1:20 PM	3570 km	2218 miles	1928 nm	E
Quito	Thu 1:20 PM	4015 km	2495 miles	2168 nm	ENE
Santiago *	Thu 3:20 PM	4110 km	2554 miles	2219 nm	ESE
Papeete	Thu 8:20 AM	4230 km	2628 miles	2284 nm	W
San Jose	Thu 12:20 PM	4318 km	2683 miles	2331 nm	NE
San Salvador	Thu 12:20 PM	4331 km	2691 miles	2339 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Thu 12:20 PM	4346 km	2701 miles	2347 nm	NNE