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 18:34:00 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 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 35'	South
Longitude:	98° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.67 meters/second, 1528.8 km/hour, 950.0 miles/hour or 825.5 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' 24.1"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 09.6"	949.79 mi	west	0° 07' 26.2"	8.53 mi	north	950.16 mi
24 hours	13° 58' 19.0"	921.40 mi	east	3° 27' 53.4"	238.26 mi	north	959.67 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 1:34 PM	1558 km	968 miles	841 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:34 PM	2070 km	1286 miles	1117 nm	NNE
Lima	Fri 1:34 PM	2351 km	1461 miles	1270 nm	ENE
Guayaquil	Fri 1:34 PM	2621 km	1628 miles	1415 nm	NE
Quito	Fri 1:34 PM	2884 km	1792 miles	1557 nm	NE
La Paz	Fri 2:34 PM	3194 km	1985 miles	1725 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 3:34 PM	3256 km	2023 miles	1758 nm	SE
Adamstown	Fri 10:34 AM	3408 km	2118 miles	1840 nm	WSW
San Jose	Fri 12:34 PM	3414 km	2122 miles	1844 nm	NNE
Sucre	Fri 2:34 PM	3475 km	2159 miles	1876 nm	E