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 23:00:00 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 23:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 01'	South
Longitude:	162° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.13 meters/second, 1534.1 km/hour, 953.2 miles/hour or 828.3 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' 24.4"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 29.7"	953.08 mi	west	0° 07' 56.8"	9.11 mi	north	953.46 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 35.3"	914.61 mi	east	3° 38' 14.3"	250.10 mi	north	956.13 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
Rarotonga	Fri 1:00 PM	521 km	324 miles	282 nm	SSE
Alofi	Fri 12:00 Noon	867 km	539 miles	468 nm	WSW
Pago Pago	Fri 12:00 Noon	981 km	609 miles	529 nm	WNW
Apia *	Sat 1:00 PM	1106 km	687 miles	597 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Sat 12:00 Noon	1310 km	814 miles	707 nm	NW
Papeete	Fri 1:00 PM	1324 km	823 miles	715 nm	E
Nukualofa	Sat 12:00 Noon	1460 km	907 miles	788 nm	WSW
Suva *	Sat 12:00 Noon	2080 km	1292 miles	1123 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sat 1:00 PM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Sat 11:00 AM	2243 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	WNW