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 18:50:00 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: 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 18:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 23'	South
Longitude:	142° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.95 meters/second, 1587.4 km/hour, 986.4 miles/hour or 857.1 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' 37.8"	986.25 mi	west	0° 10' 28.1"	11.99 mi	south	986.04 mi
24 hours	12° 26' 10.6"	846.26 mi	east	3° 55' 14.6"	269.53 mi	south	882.46 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 4:50 AM	496 km	308 miles	268 nm	ENE
Lae	Sat 4:50 AM	615 km	382 miles	332 nm	NE
Cairns	Sat 4:50 AM	794 km	494 miles	429 nm	SSE
Jayapura	Sat 3:50 AM	896 km	557 miles	484 nm	NNW
Darwin	Sat 4:20 AM	1321 km	821 miles	713 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Sat 3:50 AM	1425 km	886 miles	770 nm	NW
Alice Springs	Sat 4:20 AM	1751 km	1088 miles	945 nm	SSW
Honiara	Sat 5:50 AM	1889 km	1173 miles	1020 nm	E
Dili	Sat 3:50 AM	1897 km	1179 miles	1024 nm	W
Melekeok	Sat 3:50 AM	2173 km	1350 miles	1173 nm	NNW