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 18:20:00 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 18:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 37'	South
Longitude:	94° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.59 meters/second, 1528.5 km/hour, 949.8 miles/hour or 825.3 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"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 08.7"	949.62 mi	west	0° 07' 24.6"	8.50 mi	north	949.99 mi
24 hours	13° 58' 46.2"	921.75 mi	east	3° 27' 19.5"	237.61 mi	north	959.85 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
Easter Island *	Fri 1:20 PM	1826 km	1135 miles	986 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:20 PM	1934 km	1202 miles	1044 nm	NNE
Lima	Fri 1:20 PM	2006 km	1246 miles	1083 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Fri 1:20 PM	2356 km	1464 miles	1272 nm	NE
Quito	Fri 1:20 PM	2623 km	1630 miles	1416 nm	NE
La Paz	Fri 2:20 PM	2838 km	1763 miles	1532 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 3:20 PM	2978 km	1850 miles	1608 nm	SE
Sucre	Fri 2:20 PM	3121 km	1939 miles	1685 nm	E
San Jose	Fri 12:20 PM	3267 km	2030 miles	1764 nm	NNE
Bogota	Fri 1:20 PM	3351 km	2082 miles	1810 nm	NE