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 Monday, January 14, 2013 at 02:34:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 7%

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 Monday, January 14, 2013 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 21'	South
Longitude:	173° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.04 meters/second, 1595.0 km/hour, 991.1 miles/hour or 861.2 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' 28.6"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 46.1"	991.03 mi	west	0° 11' 37.1"	13.31 mi	north	991.36 mi
24 hours	347° 50' 07.1"	832.61 mi	west	4° 44' 38.5"	326.01 mi	north	897.96 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
Funafuti	Mon 2:34 PM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	E
Tarawa	Mon 2:34 PM	1080 km	671 miles	583 nm	N
Yaren	Mon 2:34 PM	1110 km	690 miles	599 nm	NW
Port Vila	Mon 1:34 PM	1165 km	724 miles	629 nm	SSW
Suva *	Mon 3:34 PM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	SSE
Honiara	Mon 1:34 PM	1462 km	908 miles	789 nm	W
Baker Island	Sun 2:34 PM	1484 km	922 miles	802 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Mon 3:34 PM	1716 km	1066 miles	927 nm	E
Majuro	Mon 2:34 PM	1728 km	1074 miles	933 nm	N
Apia *	Mon 4:34 PM	1750 km	1087 miles	945 nm	ESE