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 23:30:00 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 23:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 58'	South
Longitude:	169° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.30 meters/second, 1534.7 km/hour, 953.6 miles/hour or 828.7 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' 31.9"	953.45 mi	west	0° 08' 00.2"	9.17 mi	north	953.84 mi
24 hours	13° 48' 35.5"	913.83 mi	east	3° 39' 21.4"	251.38 mi	north	955.71 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 12:30 PM	243 km	151 miles	131 nm	SSW
Pago Pago	Fri 12:30 PM	338 km	210 miles	182 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sat 1:30 PM	442 km	274 miles	238 nm	NW
Neiafu	Sat 12:30 PM	539 km	335 miles	291 nm	WSW
Pangai	Sat 12:30 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Sat 12:30 PM	781 km	486 miles	422 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sat 12:30 PM	868 km	539 miles	469 nm	NNW
Rarotonga	Fri 1:30 PM	1099 km	683 miles	594 nm	ESE
Suva *	Sat 12:30 PM	1319 km	819 miles	712 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 11:30 AM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	NW