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 Sunday, February 3, 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: 50%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 58'	South
Longitude:	127° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.39 meters/second, 1538.6 km/hour, 956.0 miles/hour or 830.8 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' 26.6"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 42.5"	955.82 mi	west	0° 07' 14.3"	8.30 mi	south	955.55 mi
24 hours	13° 37' 32.0"	901.62 mi	east	2° 23' 57.4"	165.02 mi	south	910.66 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
Adamstown	Sun 6:24 AM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	SSW
Gambier Islands	Sun 5:24 AM	1021 km	635 miles	552 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Sun 9:24 AM	2197 km	1365 miles	1186 nm	SE
Papeete	Sun 4:24 AM	2327 km	1446 miles	1256 nm	W
Rarotonga	Sun 4:24 AM	3404 km	2115 miles	1838 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 4:24 AM	3865 km	2402 miles	2087 nm	WNW
Alofi	Sun 3:24 AM	4468 km	2776 miles	2413 nm	W
Apia *	Mon 4:24 AM	4736 km	2943 miles	2557 nm	W
Nukualofa	Mon 3:24 AM	5005 km	3110 miles	2703 nm	WSW
Mexico City	Sun 8:24 AM	5095 km	3166 miles	2751 nm	NE