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 14:08:00 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 14:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 35'	South
Longitude:	136° 47'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.16 meters/second, 1566.6 km/hour, 973.4 miles/hour or 845.9 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"	16.22 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	south	16.22 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 24.2"	973.26 mi	west	0° 09' 18.4"	10.67 mi	south	973.00 mi
24 hours	12° 57' 30.2"	871.41 mi	east	3° 21' 14.4"	230.62 mi	south	894.97 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 4:38 AM	586 km	364 miles	317 nm	NNW
Papeete	Sat 4:08 AM	1438 km	894 miles	777 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Sat 6:08 AM	1452 km	902 miles	784 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Sat 4:08 AM	2582 km	1604 miles	1394 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 4:08 AM	2839 km	1764 miles	1533 nm	NW
Easter Island *	Sat 9:08 AM	3222 km	2002 miles	1740 nm	ESE
Alofi	Sat 3:08 AM	3586 km	2228 miles	1936 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 4:08 AM	3781 km	2349 miles	2041 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 3:08 AM	3784 km	2351 miles	2043 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sun 3:08 AM	4156 km	2583 miles	2244 nm	WSW