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 14:34:00 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 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 39'	South
Longitude:	143° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.02 meters/second, 1566.1 km/hour, 973.1 miles/hour or 845.6 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' 22.4"	972.95 mi	west	0° 09' 16.6"	10.63 mi	south	972.69 mi
24 hours	12° 58' 13.8"	871.98 mi	east	3° 20' 21.4"	229.61 mi	south	895.25 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 5:04 AM	644 km	400 miles	348 nm	NE
Papeete	Sat 4:34 AM	819 km	509 miles	442 nm	WSW
Adamstown	Sat 6:34 AM	1856 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sat 4:34 AM	1962 km	1219 miles	1059 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 4:34 AM	2329 km	1447 miles	1258 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 3:34 AM	2928 km	1819 miles	1581 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 4:34 AM	3103 km	1928 miles	1676 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 3:34 AM	3108 km	1931 miles	1678 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sun 3:34 AM	3507 km	2179 miles	1894 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 9:34 AM	3806 km	2365 miles	2055 nm	ESE