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 Tuesday, January 15, 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: 14%

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 Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 36'	South
Longitude:	174° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.72 meters/second, 1611.8 km/hour, 1001.5 miles/hour or 870.3 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' 30.4"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	north	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 24.3"	1001.53 mi	west	0° 11' 59.7"	13.74 mi	north	1001.73 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 48.4"	800.64 mi	east	4° 45' 52.1"	327.38 mi	north	866.07 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
Rawaki	Tue 3:34 PM	436 km	271 miles	235 nm	E
Baker Island	Mon 2:34 PM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	NNW
Fakaofo	Tue 3:34 PM	740 km	460 miles	400 nm	SSE
Funafuti	Tue 2:34 PM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	SW
Apia *	Tue 4:34 PM	1174 km	730 miles	634 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Tue 2:34 PM	1483 km	922 miles	801 nm	WNW
Suva *	Tue 3:34 PM	1777 km	1104 miles	959 nm	SSW
Alofi	Mon 3:34 PM	1784 km	1109 miles	963 nm	SSE
Nukualofa	Tue 3:34 PM	1940 km	1206 miles	1048 nm	S
Majuro	Tue 2:34 PM	1972 km	1226 miles	1065 nm	NW