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 18:50:00 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: 59%

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 18:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 18'	South
Longitude:	155° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.66 meters/second, 1561.2 km/hour, 970.1 miles/hour or 843.0 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' 28.1"	16.17 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	south	16.17 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 04.8"	969.88 mi	west	0° 08' 57.7"	10.27 mi	south	969.61 mi
24 hours	13° 05' 23.7"	877.52 mi	east	3° 11' 23.4"	219.35 mi	south	898.03 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
Honiara	Sun 5:50 AM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	NE
Arawa	Sun 4:50 AM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	N
Port Moresby	Sun 4:50 AM	1024 km	636 miles	553 nm	WNW
Cairns	Sun 4:50 AM	1051 km	653 miles	567 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Sun 5:50 AM	1454 km	904 miles	785 nm	ESE
Brisbane	Sun 4:50 AM	1476 km	917 miles	797 nm	S
Yaren	Sun 6:50 AM	1996 km	1240 miles	1078 nm	NE
Jayapura	Sun 3:50 AM	2056 km	1278 miles	1110 nm	NW
Sydney *	Sun 5:50 AM	2204 km	1370 miles	1190 nm	S
Palikir	Sun 5:50 AM	2369 km	1472 miles	1279 nm	N