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 14:24:00 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 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 37'	South
Longitude:	140° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.08 meters/second, 1566.3 km/hour, 973.2 miles/hour or 845.7 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' 23.0"	973.07 mi	west	0° 09' 17.3"	10.64 mi	south	972.81 mi
24 hours	12° 57' 57.1"	871.76 mi	east	3° 20' 41.7"	230.00 mi	south	895.14 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 4:54 AM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	NNE
Papeete	Sat 4:24 AM	1050 km	652 miles	567 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Sat 6:24 AM	1682 km	1045 miles	908 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sat 4:24 AM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 4:24 AM	2515 km	1563 miles	1358 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 3:24 AM	3180 km	1976 miles	1717 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 4:24 AM	3364 km	2090 miles	1816 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 3:24 AM	3367 km	2092 miles	1818 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sat 9:24 AM	3579 km	2224 miles	1933 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Sun 3:24 AM	3756 km	2334 miles	2028 nm	WSW