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 17:30:00 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: 70%

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 17:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 09'	South
Longitude:	162° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.31 meters/second, 1588.7 km/hour, 987.2 miles/hour or 857.8 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' 29.7"	16.45 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	south	16.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 42.5"	987.06 mi	west	0° 10' 32.0"	12.07 mi	south	986.86 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 07.5"	844.55 mi	east	3° 57' 12.7"	271.78 mi	south	881.60 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
Honiara	Sat 4:30 AM	247 km	153 miles	133 nm	WNW
Arawa	Sat 3:30 AM	839 km	521 miles	453 nm	WNW
Port Vila	Sat 4:30 AM	1076 km	669 miles	581 nm	SE
Yaren	Sat 5:30 AM	1190 km	739 miles	642 nm	NNE
Noumea	Sat 4:30 AM	1420 km	883 miles	767 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Sat 3:30 AM	1636 km	1017 miles	883 nm	W
Tarawa	Sat 5:30 AM	1760 km	1093 miles	950 nm	NE
Funafuti	Sat 5:30 AM	1890 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	E
Cairns	Sat 3:30 AM	1917 km	1191 miles	1035 nm	WSW
Palikir	Sat 4:30 AM	1936 km	1203 miles	1045 nm	NNW