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 17:20:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 17:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 19'	South
Longitude:	66° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.53 meters/second, 1557.1 km/hour, 967.5 miles/hour or 840.8 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' 25.9"	16.13 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	north	16.13 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 00.2"	967.44 mi	west	0° 09' 44.1"	11.16 mi	north	967.85 mi
24 hours	13° 12' 17.3"	885.11 mi	east	4° 13' 04.1"	289.95 mi	north	938.49 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
Trinidad	Sat 1:20 PM	168 km	105 miles	91 nm	ESE
La Paz	Sat 1:20 PM	306 km	190 miles	165 nm	SW
Rio Branco	Sat 1:20 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	NNW
Santa Cruz	Sat 1:20 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	SE
Sucre	Sat 1:20 PM	534 km	332 miles	289 nm	SSE
Arequipa	Sat 12:20 PM	600 km	373 miles	324 nm	WSW
Porto Velho	Sat 1:20 PM	673 km	418 miles	363 nm	NNE
Lima	Sat 12:20 PM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	W
Manaus	Sat 1:20 PM	1422 km	884 miles	768 nm	NNE
Asuncion *	Sat 2:20 PM	1518 km	943 miles	820 nm	SE