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 04:20:00 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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 04:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 18'	South
Longitude:	121° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.95 meters/second, 1540.6 km/hour, 957.3 miles/hour or 831.9 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' 24.8"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 55.0"	957.17 mi	west	0° 08' 31.3"	9.77 mi	north	957.56 mi
24 hours	13° 38' 51.1"	906.21 mi	east	3° 49' 41.9"	263.22 mi	north	951.47 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
Broome	Sat 12:20 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	SSE
Kupang	Sat 12:20 PM	729 km	453 miles	394 nm	NNE
Ende	Sat 12:20 PM	826 km	513 miles	446 nm	N
Suai	Sat 1:20 PM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	NNE
Raba	Sat 12:20 PM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	NNW
Same	Sat 1:20 PM	944 km	587 miles	510 nm	NNE
Dili	Sat 1:20 PM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	NNE
Mataram	Sat 12:20 PM	1014 km	630 miles	547 nm	NNW
Denpasar	Sat 12:20 PM	1060 km	659 miles	572 nm	NW
Darwin	Sat 1:50 PM	1130 km	702 miles	610 nm	ENE