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 17:40:00 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: 60%

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 17:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 07'	South
Longitude:	172° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.03 meters/second, 1562.5 km/hour, 970.9 miles/hour or 843.7 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' 28.1"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 09.6"	970.72 mi	west	0° 09' 03.0"	10.37 mi	south	970.45 mi
24 hours	346° 56' 33.8"	876.01 mi	west	3° 13' 53.5"	222.21 mi	south	897.27 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
Luganville	Sun 4:40 AM	550 km	341 miles	297 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Sun 4:40 AM	567 km	352 miles	306 nm	SW
Lautoka	Sun 5:40 AM	693 km	431 miles	374 nm	SE
Nadi	Sun 5:40 AM	702 km	436 miles	379 nm	SE
Suva	Sun 5:40 AM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	SE
Funafuti	Sun 5:40 AM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	NE
Noumea	Sun 4:40 AM	1080 km	671 miles	583 nm	SSW
Honiara	Sun 4:40 AM	1419 km	882 miles	766 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sun 6:40 AM	1556 km	967 miles	840 nm	ESE
Yaren	Sun 5:40 AM	1607 km	998 miles	867 nm	NNW