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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 01:44:00 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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 01:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 40'	South
Longitude:	158° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.06 meters/second, 1537.4 km/hour, 955.3 miles/hour or 830.1 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' 24.6"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 42.5"	955.16 mi	west	0° 08' 14.8"	9.45 mi	north	955.55 mi
24 hours	13° 44' 06.8"	910.33 mi	east	3° 44' 14.7"	256.98 mi	north	953.79 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
Honiara	Sat 12:44 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	N
Noumea	Sat 12:44 PM	1031 km	641 miles	557 nm	SE
Port Vila	Sat 12:44 PM	1040 km	646 miles	561 nm	E
Brisbane	Sat 11:44 AM	1328 km	825 miles	717 nm	SSW
Cairns	Sat 11:44 AM	1368 km	850 miles	739 nm	W
Port Moresby	Sat 11:44 AM	1472 km	915 miles	795 nm	WNW
Yaren	Sat 1:44 PM	2003 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	NNE
Sydney *	Sat 12:44 PM	2045 km	1271 miles	1104 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sat 2:44 PM	2111 km	1312 miles	1140 nm	E
Canberra *	Sat 12:44 PM	2268 km	1409 miles	1225 nm	SSW