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 Friday, January 25, 2013 at 08:42:00 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: 97%

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 Friday, January 25, 2013 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 41'	North
Longitude:	149° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.33 meters/second, 1531.2 km/hour, 951.4 miles/hour or 826.8 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' 30.8"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 54.8"	951.23 mi	west	0° 04' 57.1"	5.68 mi	south	951.48 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 54.4"	757.98 mi	east	2° 22' 51.0"	163.74 mi	south	780.43 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
Hilo	Thu 10:42 PM	555 km	345 miles	300 nm	WNW
Honolulu	Thu 10:42 PM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Fri 10:42 PM	2029 km	1261 miles	1096 nm	SSW
Midway	Thu 9:42 PM	2989 km	1857 miles	1614 nm	WNW
San Francisco	Fri 12:42 AM	3404 km	2115 miles	1838 nm	NE
Baker Island	Thu 8:42 PM	3551 km	2207 miles	1918 nm	WSW
Los Angeles	Fri 12:42 AM	3567 km	2216 miles	1926 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Fri 9:42 PM	3887 km	2415 miles	2099 nm	SW
Las Vegas	Fri 12:42 AM	3912 km	2431 miles	2112 nm	NE
Papeete	Thu 10:42 PM	4006 km	2490 miles	2163 nm	S