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 13:56:00 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 13:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 31'	South
Longitude:	146° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.25 meters/second, 1592.1 km/hour, 989.3 miles/hour or 859.7 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' 29.8"	16.49 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.20 mi	south	16.49 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 54.6"	989.18 mi	west	0° 10' 41.8"	12.25 mi	south	989.00 mi
24 hours	12° 18' 44.2"	840.04 mi	east	4° 02' 14.2"	277.53 mi	south	879.32 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 4:26 AM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	E
Papeete	Fri 3:56 AM	959 km	596 miles	518 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Sat 3:56 AM	1762 km	1095 miles	951 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Fri 3:56 AM	1948 km	1211 miles	1052 nm	SW
Adamstown	Fri 5:56 AM	2423 km	1506 miles	1308 nm	SE
Fakaofo	Sat 2:56 AM	2748 km	1707 miles	1484 nm	W
Alofi	Fri 2:56 AM	2763 km	1717 miles	1492 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sat 3:56 AM	2826 km	1756 miles	1526 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Sat 2:56 AM	3360 km	2088 miles	1814 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Fri 1:56 AM	3522 km	2188 miles	1902 nm	WNW