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 05:10:00 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: 8%

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 05:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 51'	South
Longitude:	135° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.70 meters/second, 1597.3 km/hour, 992.5 miles/hour or 862.5 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' 28.8"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 58.0"	992.49 mi	west	0° 11' 41.6"	13.40 mi	north	992.81 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 39.7"	828.83 mi	east	4° 45' 33.3"	327.05 mi	north	894.53 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	Mon 2:40 PM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	SW
Manokwari	Mon 2:10 PM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	NNW
Jayapura	Mon 2:10 PM	819 km	509 miles	442 nm	NE
Ambon	Mon 2:10 PM	936 km	582 miles	506 nm	WNW
Dili	Mon 2:10 PM	1102 km	685 miles	595 nm	W
Port Moresby	Mon 3:10 PM	1293 km	803 miles	698 nm	E
Cairns	Mon 3:10 PM	1497 km	930 miles	809 nm	SE
Manado	Mon 1:10 PM	1575 km	978 miles	850 nm	NW
Gorontalo	Mon 1:10 PM	1667 km	1036 miles	900 nm	WNW
Melekeok	Mon 2:10 PM	1700 km	1056 miles	918 nm	N