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 18:44:00 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 18:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 34'	South
Longitude:	100° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.72 meters/second, 1529.0 km/hour, 950.1 miles/hour or 825.6 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"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 10.3"	949.91 mi	west	0° 07' 27.5"	8.55 mi	north	950.28 mi
24 hours	13° 57' 59.6"	921.15 mi	east	3° 28' 17.6"	238.72 mi	north	959.54 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 1:44 PM	1388 km	862 miles	749 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 12:44 PM	2199 km	1366 miles	1187 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 1:44 PM	2601 km	1616 miles	1404 nm	E
Quito	Fri 1:44 PM	3083 km	1916 miles	1665 nm	NE
Adamstown	Fri 10:44 AM	3169 km	1969 miles	1711 nm	WSW
La Paz	Fri 2:44 PM	3449 km	2143 miles	1862 nm	E
Santiago *	Fri 3:44 PM	3461 km	2150 miles	1869 nm	SE
San Jose	Fri 12:44 PM	3540 km	2200 miles	1911 nm	NNE
Managua	Fri 12:44 PM	3643 km	2263 miles	1967 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Fri 12:44 PM	3676 km	2284 miles	1985 nm	NNE