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 21:44:00 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	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 11, 2013 at 21:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 11'	South
Longitude:	143° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.71 meters/second, 1532.5 km/hour, 952.3 miles/hour or 827.5 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' 24.3"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 23.8"	952.13 mi	west	0° 07' 48.2"	8.95 mi	north	952.50 mi
24 hours	13° 52' 06.3"	916.57 mi	east	3° 35' 21.3"	246.80 mi	north	957.17 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
Papeete	Fri 11:44 AM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	W
Taiohae	Fri 12:14 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	NNE
Adamstown	Fri 1:44 PM	1664 km	1034 miles	898 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Fri 11:44 AM	1742 km	1082 miles	940 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sat 11:44 AM	2581 km	1604 miles	1394 nm	NW
Alofi	Fri 10:44 AM	2773 km	1723 miles	1498 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 11:44 AM	3026 km	1880 miles	1634 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 10:44 AM	3096 km	1924 miles	1672 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sat 10:44 AM	3330 km	2069 miles	1798 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Fri 4:44 PM	3703 km	2301 miles	1999 nm	ESE