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.

View Day and Night Map
Map notes
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Sunday, January 13, 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
Fraction of moon illuminated: 3%
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 04:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 12° 28' | South |
| Longitude: | 134° 47' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.34 meters/second, 1570.8 km/hour, 976.1 miles/hour or 848.2 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' 26.8" | 16.27 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.5" | 0.20 mi | north | 16.27 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 26' 57.0" | 975.98 mi | west | 0° 10' 33.0" | 12.09 mi | north | 976.39 mi |
| 24 hours | 12° 50' 15.1" | 867.15 mi | east | 4° 27' 50.5" | 306.83 mi | north | 926.01 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 | Sun 1:50 PM | 428 km | 266 miles | 231 nm | W |
| Dili | Sun 1:20 PM | 1096 km | 681 miles | 592 nm | WNW |
| Alice Springs | Sun 1:50 PM | 1247 km | 775 miles | 673 nm | S |
| Jayapura | Sun 1:20 PM | 1278 km | 794 miles | 690 nm | NNE |
| Cairns | Sun 2:20 PM | 1282 km | 797 miles | 692 nm | ESE |
| Manokwari | Sun 1:20 PM | 1286 km | 799 miles | 694 nm | N |
| Port Moresby | Sun 2:20 PM | 1396 km | 868 miles | 754 nm | ENE |
| Makassar | Sun 12:20 PM | 1874 km | 1164 miles | 1012 nm | WNW |
| Manado | Sun 12:20 PM | 1895 km | 1177 miles | 1023 nm | NW |
| Gorontalo | Sun 12:20 PM | 1935 km | 1202 miles | 1045 nm | NW |
Advertising
Astronomy calculators
More information
Related time zone tools