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 19:54:00 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 19:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 54'	South
Longitude:	103° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.43 meters/second, 1560.4 km/hour, 969.6 miles/hour or 842.5 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' 13.5"	969.46 mi	west	0° 09' 56.5"	11.39 mi	north	969.87 mi
24 hours	13° 07' 04.4"	880.90 mi	east	4° 16' 55.2"	294.35 mi	north	935.69 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
Easter Island *	Sat 2:54 PM	1583 km	984 miles	855 nm	SSW
Galapagos Islands	Sat 1:54 PM	2094 km	1301 miles	1131 nm	NE
Lima	Sat 2:54 PM	2869 km	1782 miles	1549 nm	E
Adamstown	Sat 11:54 AM	3053 km	1897 miles	1649 nm	WSW
Quito	Sat 2:54 PM	3135 km	1948 miles	1693 nm	ENE
San Jose	Sat 1:54 PM	3393 km	2108 miles	1832 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sat 1:54 PM	3432 km	2133 miles	1853 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 1:54 PM	3448 km	2142 miles	1862 nm	NE
Guatemala	Sat 1:54 PM	3459 km	2149 miles	1868 nm	NNE
Tegucigalpa	Sat 1:54 PM	3573 km	2220 miles	1929 nm	NNE