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 10:42:00 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 10:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 31'	North
Longitude:	178° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.76 meters/second, 1532.7 km/hour, 952.4 miles/hour or 827.6 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' 30.9"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 56.5"	952.19 mi	west	0° 05' 07.7"	5.88 mi	south	952.45 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 08.7"	757.89 mi	east	2° 26' 55.8"	168.42 mi	south	781.41 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
Midway	Thu 11:42 PM	1085 km	674 miles	586 nm	N
Wake Island	Fri 10:42 PM	1520 km	945 miles	821 nm	W
Majuro	Fri 10:42 PM	1650 km	1025 miles	891 nm	SW
Baker Island	Thu 10:42 PM	2045 km	1271 miles	1104 nm	S
Tarawa	Fri 10:42 PM	2087 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Fri 12:42 AM	2227 km	1384 miles	1203 nm	ENE
Yaren	Fri 10:42 PM	2615 km	1625 miles	1412 nm	SW
Palikir	Fri 9:42 PM	2793 km	1735 miles	1508 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sat 12:42 AM	2992 km	1859 miles	1616 nm	SE
Funafuti	Fri 10:42 PM	2997 km	1862 miles	1618 nm	S