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 19:44:00 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 19:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 50'	South
Longitude:	129° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.43 meters/second, 1506.4 km/hour, 936.0 miles/hour or 813.4 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"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 48.8"	935.80 mi	west	0° 04' 24.7"	5.06 mi	north	936.03 mi
24 hours	14° 37' 32.1"	951.76 mi	east	2° 23' 39.1"	164.68 mi	north	972.67 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
Adamstown	Thu 11:44 AM	581 km	361 miles	314 nm	S
Gambier Islands	Thu 10:44 AM	666 km	414 miles	359 nm	SW
Papeete	Thu 9:44 AM	2123 km	1319 miles	1146 nm	W
Easter Island *	Thu 2:44 PM	2215 km	1376 miles	1196 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Thu 9:44 AM	3149 km	1957 miles	1700 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 9:44 AM	3867 km	2403 miles	2088 nm	NW
Alofi	Thu 8:44 AM	4227 km	2627 miles	2282 nm	W
Apia *	Fri 9:44 AM	4534 km	2818 miles	2448 nm	W
Nukualofa	Fri 8:44 AM	4745 km	2949 miles	2562 nm	W
Suva *	Fri 8:44 AM	5457 km	3391 miles	2947 nm	W