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 19:20:00 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 19:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 30'	South
Longitude:	109° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.92 meters/second, 1529.7 km/hour, 950.5 miles/hour or 826.0 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"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 13.0"	950.35 mi	west	0° 07' 31.7"	8.63 mi	north	950.72 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 49.5"	920.24 mi	east	3° 29' 44.0"	240.37 mi	north	959.08 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 2:20 PM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	S
Adamstown	Fri 11:20 AM	2323 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 1:20 PM	2823 km	1754 miles	1524 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 2:20 PM	3509 km	2180 miles	1895 nm	E
Quito	Fri 2:20 PM	3865 km	2402 miles	2087 nm	ENE
San Salvador	Fri 1:20 PM	4090 km	2541 miles	2208 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Fri 1:20 PM	4100 km	2547 miles	2214 nm	NNE
San Jose	Fri 1:20 PM	4102 km	2549 miles	2215 nm	NE
Managua	Fri 1:20 PM	4136 km	2570 miles	2233 nm	NE
Santiago *	Fri 4:20 PM	4225 km	2625 miles	2281 nm	ESE