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 18:30:00 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 18:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 19'	South
Longitude:	147° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.04 meters/second, 1587.7 km/hour, 986.6 miles/hour or 857.3 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"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	south	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 39.0"	986.45 mi	west	0° 10' 29.2"	12.01 mi	south	986.25 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 39.7"	845.83 mi	east	3° 55' 44.5"	270.10 mi	south	882.24 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
Port Moresby	Sat 4:30 AM	105 km	66 miles	57 nm	NNW
Lae	Sat 4:30 AM	402 km	250 miles	217 nm	N
Cairns	Sat 4:30 AM	757 km	470 miles	409 nm	SSW
Arawa	Sat 4:30 AM	988 km	614 miles	533 nm	ENE
Jayapura	Sat 3:30 AM	1149 km	714 miles	620 nm	NW
Honiara	Sat 5:30 AM	1360 km	845 miles	734 nm	E
Manokwari	Sat 3:30 AM	1826 km	1134 miles	986 nm	NW
Darwin	Sat 4:00 AM	1843 km	1145 miles	995 nm	W
Brisbane	Sat 4:30 AM	1982 km	1232 miles	1070 nm	SSE
Alice Springs	Sat 4:00 AM	2077 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	SW