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 17:44:00 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 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 17:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 41'	South
Longitude:	86° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.40 meters/second, 1527.8 km/hour, 949.4 miles/hour or 825.0 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' 24.1"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 06.0"	949.19 mi	west	0° 07' 20.4"	8.41 mi	north	949.55 mi
24 hours	13° 59' 55.9"	922.66 mi	east	3° 25' 51.9"	235.94 mi	north	960.30 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
Lima	Fri 12:44 PM	1161 km	722 miles	627 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Fri 12:44 PM	1843 km	1145 miles	995 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Fri 11:44 AM	1895 km	1178 miles	1023 nm	NNW
La Paz	Fri 1:44 PM	1921 km	1194 miles	1037 nm	E
Quito	Fri 12:44 PM	2105 km	1308 miles	1136 nm	NNE
Sucre	Fri 1:44 PM	2211 km	1374 miles	1194 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 2:44 PM	2331 km	1448 miles	1258 nm	SE
Easter Island *	Fri 12:44 PM	2599 km	1615 miles	1403 nm	WSW
Córdoba	Fri 2:44 PM	2687 km	1670 miles	1451 nm	SE
Bogota	Fri 12:44 PM	2802 km	1741 miles	1513 nm	NNE