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 19:56:00 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: 58%

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 19:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 28'	South
Longitude:	139° 17'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.30 meters/second, 1559.9 km/hour, 969.3 miles/hour or 842.3 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' 27.9"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	south	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 00.2"	969.08 mi	west	0° 08' 52.5"	10.17 mi	south	968.81 mi
24 hours	13° 07' 14.5"	878.94 mi	east	3° 08' 59.7"	216.61 mi	south	898.75 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
Cairns	Sun 5:56 AM	748 km	465 miles	404 nm	ESE
Darwin	Sun 5:26 AM	940 km	584 miles	508 nm	WNW
Port Moresby	Sun 5:56 AM	1024 km	636 miles	553 nm	ENE
Alice Springs	Sun 5:26 AM	1170 km	727 miles	632 nm	SSW
Jayapura	Sun 4:56 AM	1328 km	825 miles	717 nm	N
Manokwari	Sun 4:56 AM	1609 km	1000 miles	869 nm	NNW
Dili	Sun 4:56 AM	1630 km	1013 miles	880 nm	WNW
Brisbane	Sun 5:56 AM	2026 km	1259 miles	1094 nm	SE
Eucla	Sun 4:41 AM	2181 km	1355 miles	1177 nm	SSW
Adelaide *	Sun 6:26 AM	2269 km	1410 miles	1225 nm	S