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, February 1, 2013 at 12:50:00 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: 72%

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 Friday, February 1, 2013 at 12:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 19'	South
Longitude:	130° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.53 meters/second, 1593.1 km/hour, 989.9 miles/hour or 860.2 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' 29.9"	16.50 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	south	16.50 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 58.4"	989.81 mi	west	0° 10' 44.7"	12.31 mi	south	989.63 mi
24 hours	12° 17' 06.1"	838.66 mi	east	4° 03' 43.0"	279.22 mi	south	878.62 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
Taiohae	Fri 3:20 AM	1016 km	632 miles	549 nm	W
Adamstown	Fri 4:50 AM	1744 km	1083 miles	942 nm	S
Papeete	Fri 2:50 AM	2278 km	1415 miles	1230 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Fri 7:50 AM	2952 km	1834 miles	1594 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Sat 2:50 AM	3247 km	2018 miles	1753 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Fri 2:50 AM	3425 km	2128 miles	1850 nm	WSW
Alofi	Fri 1:50 AM	4403 km	2736 miles	2378 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 2:50 AM	4536 km	2819 miles	2449 nm	NW
Apia *	Sat 2:50 AM	4550 km	2827 miles	2457 nm	W
Mexico City	Fri 6:50 AM	4664 km	2898 miles	2519 nm	NE