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 Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 18:50:00 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: 79%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 18:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 59'	South
Longitude:	130° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.43 meters/second, 1607.1 km/hour, 998.6 miles/hour or 867.8 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"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.4"	998.56 mi	west	0° 11' 20.2"	12.99 mi	south	998.47 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 45.1"	817.28 mi	east	4° 23' 20.8"	301.65 mi	south	867.35 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
Ambon	Fri 3:50 AM	392 km	244 miles	212 nm	NW
Dili	Fri 3:50 AM	651 km	404 miles	351 nm	WSW
Same	Fri 3:50 AM	667 km	414 miles	360 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Fri 3:50 AM	668 km	415 miles	360 nm	NNE
Darwin	Fri 4:20 AM	716 km	445 miles	387 nm	S
Suai	Fri 3:50 AM	721 km	448 miles	390 nm	WSW
Sofifi	Fri 3:50 AM	830 km	516 miles	448 nm	NNW
Ternate	Fri 3:50 AM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	NNW
Kupang	Fri 2:50 AM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	WSW
Kendari	Fri 2:50 AM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	WNW