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 05:20:00 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: 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 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 49'	South
Longitude:	133° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.74 meters/second, 1597.5 km/hour, 992.6 miles/hour or 862.6 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' 58.7"	992.59 mi	west	0° 11' 42.0"	13.40 mi	north	992.91 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 23.9"	828.59 mi	east	4° 45' 36.5"	327.11 mi	north	894.31 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 2:50 PM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	SSW
Ambon	Mon 2:20 PM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	NW
Manokwari	Mon 2:20 PM	775 km	481 miles	418 nm	N
Same	Mon 2:20 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	W
Dili	Mon 2:20 PM	837 km	520 miles	452 nm	W
Suai	Mon 2:20 PM	883 km	549 miles	477 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Mon 2:20 PM	1022 km	635 miles	552 nm	NE
Kendari	Mon 1:20 PM	1249 km	776 miles	675 nm	WNW
Manado	Mon 1:20 PM	1381 km	858 miles	746 nm	NW
Gorontalo	Mon 1:20 PM	1450 km	901 miles	783 nm	NW