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 21, 2013 at 10:20:00 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: 72%

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 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 10:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 22'	North
Longitude:	139° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.85 meters/second, 1525.9 km/hour, 948.1 miles/hour or 823.9 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' 31.3"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 24.0"	947.90 mi	west	0° 03' 57.4"	4.54 mi	north	947.71 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 36.9"	752.41 mi	east	1° 09' 59.9"	80.26 mi	north	753.95 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
Saipan	Mon 8:20 PM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	SE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Mon 8:20 PM	840 km	522 miles	454 nm	SE
Melekeok	Mon 7:20 PM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	SSW
Hamamatsu	Mon 7:20 PM	1712 km	1064 miles	925 nm	N
Shizuoka	Mon 7:20 PM	1736 km	1079 miles	937 nm	N
Kumamoto	Mon 7:20 PM	1742 km	1082 miles	941 nm	NNW
Osaka	Mon 7:20 PM	1748 km	1086 miles	944 nm	NNW
Kobe	Mon 7:20 PM	1758 km	1092 miles	949 nm	NNW
Nagoya	Mon 7:20 PM	1774 km	1102 miles	958 nm	N
Kyoto	Mon 7:20 PM	1778 km	1105 miles	960 nm	NNW