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 Friday, January 11, 2013 at 17:00:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Friday, January 11, 2013 at 17:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 47'	South
Longitude:	75° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.16 meters/second, 1527.0 km/hour, 948.8 miles/hour or 824.5 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' 23.9"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 02.8"	948.67 mi	west	0° 07' 15.1"	8.31 mi	north	949.02 mi
24 hours	14° 01' 20.6"	923.75 mi	east	3° 24' 03.6"	233.87 mi	north	960.85 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
Arequipa	Fri 12:00 Noon	457 km	284 miles	247 nm	ENE
Lima	Fri 12:00 Noon	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	NNW
La Paz	Fri 1:00 PM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	E
Sucre	Fri 1:00 PM	1099 km	683 miles	594 nm	E
Guayaquil	Fri 12:00 Noon	1785 km	1109 miles	964 nm	NNW
Santiago *	Fri 2:00 PM	1802 km	1120 miles	973 nm	SSE
Córdoba	Fri 2:00 PM	1899 km	1180 miles	1026 nm	SE
Quito	Fri 12:00 Noon	1967 km	1222 miles	1062 nm	N
Asuncion *	Fri 2:00 PM	2034 km	1264 miles	1098 nm	ESE
Manaus	Fri 1:00 PM	2349 km	1459 miles	1268 nm	NE