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 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 14:52:00 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: 88%

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 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 14:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 44'	North
Longitude:	97° 11'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.83 meters/second, 1511.4 km/hour, 939.1 miles/hour or 816.1 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' 30.6"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 41.7"	938.87 mi	west	0° 00' 59.1"	1.13 mi	south	938.92 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 21.0"	758.51 mi	east	0° 50' 22.7"	57.76 mi	south	762.77 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
Naypyidaw	Wed 9:22 PM	158 km	98 miles	85 nm	SW
Mandalay	Wed 9:22 PM	180 km	112 miles	97 nm	NW
Chiang Mai	Wed 9:52 PM	286 km	178 miles	155 nm	SE
Yangon	Wed 9:22 PM	453 km	282 miles	245 nm	SSW
Luang Prabang	Wed 9:52 PM	525 km	326 miles	283 nm	E
Chittagong	Wed 8:52 PM	586 km	364 miles	316 nm	WNW
Vientiane	Wed 9:52 PM	646 km	402 miles	349 nm	ESE
Kunming	Wed 10:52 PM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	NE
Khon Kaen	Wed 9:52 PM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	SE
Dhaka	Wed 8:52 PM	773 km	480 miles	417 nm	WNW