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 23:20:00 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	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 23:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 59'	South
Longitude:	166° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.24 meters/second, 1534.5 km/hour, 953.5 miles/hour or 828.5 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' 24.5"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	north	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 31.2"	953.33 mi	west	0° 07' 59.0"	9.15 mi	north	953.71 mi
24 hours	13° 48' 55.6"	914.09 mi	east	3° 38' 59.1"	250.96 mi	north	955.85 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
Alofi	Fri 12:20 PM	401 km	249 miles	216 nm	SW
Pago Pago	Fri 12:20 PM	514 km	319 miles	278 nm	NW
Apia *	Sat 1:20 PM	636 km	395 miles	344 nm	WNW
Neiafu	Sat 12:20 PM	782 km	486 miles	423 nm	WSW
Pangai	Sat 12:20 PM	856 km	532 miles	462 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Fri 1:20 PM	877 km	545 miles	473 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Sat 12:20 PM	969 km	602 miles	523 nm	NNW
Nukualofa	Sat 12:20 PM	995 km	618 miles	537 nm	WSW
Suva *	Sat 12:20 PM	1572 km	977 miles	849 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 11:20 AM	1782 km	1107 miles	962 nm	WNW