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 Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 05:36:00 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: 52%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 05:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 57'	North
Longitude:	173° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.45 meters/second, 1571.2 km/hour, 976.3 miles/hour or 848.4 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' 32.4"	16.27 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	16.27 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 22.3"	976.17 mi	west	0° 08' 06.9"	9.30 mi	north	975.93 mi
24 hours	11° 07' 11.0"	746.62 mi	east	2° 55' 03.1"	200.61 mi	north	768.23 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
Baker Island	Fri 5:36 PM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	S
Midway	Fri 6:36 PM	1620 km	1007 miles	875 nm	NNW
Majuro	Sat 5:36 PM	1796 km	1116 miles	970 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 7:36 PM	1885 km	1171 miles	1018 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Sat 5:36 PM	2001 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sat 5:36 PM	2158 km	1341 miles	1165 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 7:36 PM	2259 km	1404 miles	1220 nm	SE
Fakaofo	Sat 6:36 PM	2595 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	S
Funafuti	Sat 5:36 PM	2598 km	1614 miles	1403 nm	SSW
Yaren	Sat 5:36 PM	2654 km	1649 miles	1433 nm	SW