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 04:00:00 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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 04:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 21'	South
Longitude:	125° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.84 meters/second, 1540.2 km/hour, 957.0 miles/hour or 831.7 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' 24.7"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 53.4"	956.91 mi	west	0° 08' 29.3"	9.73 mi	north	957.30 mi
24 hours	13° 39' 31.7"	906.74 mi	east	3° 49' 00.7"	262.43 mi	north	951.77 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
Darwin	Sat 1:30 PM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	NE
Kupang	Sat 12:00 Noon	730 km	454 miles	394 nm	NNW
Suai	Sat 1:00 PM	781 km	485 miles	422 nm	N
Same	Sat 1:00 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	N
Dili	Sat 1:00 PM	862 km	536 miles	466 nm	N
Ende	Sat 12:00 Noon	950 km	590 miles	513 nm	NNW
Alice Springs	Sat 1:30 PM	1162 km	722 miles	627 nm	SE
Kendari	Sat 12:00 Noon	1418 km	881 miles	766 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sat 12:00 Noon	1430 km	888 miles	772 nm	NNW
Denpasar	Sat 12:00 Noon	1440 km	895 miles	777 nm	NW