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 19:34:00 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: 2%

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 19:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 58'	South
Longitude:	98° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.32 meters/second, 1559.9 km/hour, 969.3 miles/hour or 842.3 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' 26.1"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	north	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 11.7"	969.20 mi	west	0° 09' 55.0"	11.36 mi	north	969.61 mi
24 hours	13° 07' 44.9"	881.45 mi	east	4° 16' 26.0"	293.80 mi	north	936.06 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
Galapagos Islands	Sat 1:34 PM	1752 km	1089 miles	946 nm	NE
Easter Island *	Sat 2:34 PM	1831 km	1138 miles	989 nm	SW
Lima	Sat 2:34 PM	2349 km	1460 miles	1268 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 2:34 PM	2434 km	1512 miles	1314 nm	ENE
Quito	Sat 2:34 PM	2686 km	1669 miles	1450 nm	ENE
San Jose	Sat 1:34 PM	3091 km	1921 miles	1669 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 1:34 PM	3193 km	1984 miles	1724 nm	NNE
San Salvador	Sat 1:34 PM	3230 km	2007 miles	1744 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Sat 1:34 PM	3283 km	2040 miles	1773 nm	NNE
La Paz	Sat 3:34 PM	3283 km	2040 miles	1773 nm	E