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 19:34:00 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 19:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 28'	South
Longitude:	112° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.99 meters/second, 1530.0 km/hour, 950.7 miles/hour or 826.1 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"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 14.1"	950.52 mi	west	0° 07' 33.3"	8.66 mi	north	950.89 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 22.2"	919.89 mi	east	3° 30' 17.4"	241.00 mi	north	958.90 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 2:34 PM	1115 km	693 miles	602 nm	SSE
Adamstown	Fri 11:34 AM	2004 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Fri 1:34 PM	3109 km	1932 miles	1679 nm	NE
Lima	Fri 2:34 PM	3864 km	2401 miles	2087 nm	E
Papeete	Fri 9:34 AM	3925 km	2439 miles	2119 nm	W
Quito	Fri 2:34 PM	4188 km	2602 miles	2261 nm	ENE
Guatemala	Fri 1:34 PM	4293 km	2668 miles	2318 nm	NE
San Salvador	Fri 1:34 PM	4297 km	2670 miles	2320 nm	NE
Mexico City	Fri 1:34 PM	4336 km	2694 miles	2341 nm	NNE
San Jose	Fri 1:34 PM	4357 km	2708 miles	2353 nm	NE