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 20:42:00 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 20:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 46'	South
Longitude:	143° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.64 meters/second, 1507.1 km/hour, 936.5 miles/hour or 813.8 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"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	north	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 51.2"	936.26 mi	west	0° 04' 33.2"	5.22 mi	north	936.50 mi
24 hours	14° 36' 09.1"	950.68 mi	east	2° 26' 42.6"	168.19 mi	north	972.31 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
Papeete	Thu 10:42 AM	688 km	428 miles	372 nm	WNW
Gambier Islands	Thu 11:42 AM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	ESE
Adamstown	Thu 12:42 PM	1496 km	929 miles	808 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Thu 10:42 AM	1707 km	1061 miles	922 nm	W
Alofi	Thu 9:42 AM	2775 km	1725 miles	1499 nm	W
Kiritimati	Fri 10:42 AM	2832 km	1760 miles	1529 nm	NNW
Apia *	Fri 10:42 AM	3083 km	1915 miles	1664 nm	W
Fakaofo	Fri 9:42 AM	3199 km	1988 miles	1727 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Fri 9:42 AM	3308 km	2056 miles	1786 nm	W
Easter Island *	Thu 3:42 PM	3570 km	2218 miles	1928 nm	ESE