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 19:54:00 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 19:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 50'	South
Longitude:	131° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.47 meters/second, 1506.5 km/hour, 936.1 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' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 49.2"	935.88 mi	west	0° 04' 26.2"	5.09 mi	north	936.11 mi
24 hours	14° 37' 17.9"	951.57 mi	east	2° 24' 10.9"	165.29 mi	north	972.60 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
Gambier Islands	Thu 10:54 AM	479 km	298 miles	259 nm	SW
Adamstown	Thu 11:54 AM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	SSE
Papeete	Thu 9:54 AM	1872 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	W
Easter Island *	Thu 2:54 PM	2444 km	1519 miles	1320 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Thu 9:54 AM	2900 km	1802 miles	1566 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 9:54 AM	3665 km	2277 miles	1979 nm	NW
Alofi	Thu 8:54 AM	3977 km	2471 miles	2148 nm	W
Apia *	Fri 9:54 AM	4284 km	2662 miles	2313 nm	W
Fakaofo	Fri 8:54 AM	4374 km	2718 miles	2362 nm	W
Nukualofa	Fri 8:54 AM	4498 km	2795 miles	2429 nm	W