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 Saturday, February 2, 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: 61%

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 Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 13:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 33'	South
Longitude:	133° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.23 meters/second, 1566.8 km/hour, 973.6 miles/hour or 846.0 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' 28.4"	16.23 mi	west	0° 00' 09.3"	0.18 mi	south	16.23 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 25.0"	973.40 mi	west	0° 09' 19.4"	10.68 mi	south	973.14 mi
24 hours	12° 57' 10.2"	871.15 mi	east	3° 21' 38.6"	231.09 mi	south	894.84 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	Sat 4:26 AM	792 km	492 miles	428 nm	NW
Adamstown	Sat 5:56 AM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	SSE
Papeete	Sat 3:56 AM	1737 km	1080 miles	938 nm	WSW
Rarotonga	Sat 3:56 AM	2874 km	1786 miles	1552 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 8:56 AM	2961 km	1840 miles	1599 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Sun 3:56 AM	3098 km	1925 miles	1673 nm	WNW
Alofi	Sat 2:56 AM	3891 km	2418 miles	2101 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 3:56 AM	4093 km	2543 miles	2210 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 2:56 AM	4096 km	2545 miles	2212 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sun 2:56 AM	4457 km	2770 miles	2407 nm	WSW