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 15:24:00 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 15:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 05'	South
Longitude:	142° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.08 meters/second, 1537.5 km/hour, 955.4 miles/hour or 830.2 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"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 38.2"	955.13 mi	west	0° 07' 08.2"	8.18 mi	south	954.86 mi
24 hours	13° 39' 05.6"	902.76 mi	east	2° 21' 15.9"	161.94 mi	south	911.30 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
Papeete	Sun 5:24 AM	792 km	492 miles	428 nm	W
Taiohae	Sun 5:54 AM	939 km	583 miles	507 nm	NNE
Gambier Islands	Sun 6:24 AM	1006 km	625 miles	543 nm	SE
Adamstown	Sun 7:24 AM	1529 km	950 miles	826 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sun 5:24 AM	1911 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 5:24 AM	2680 km	1665 miles	1447 nm	NW
Alofi	Sun 4:24 AM	2947 km	1831 miles	1591 nm	W
Apia *	Mon 5:24 AM	3198 km	1987 miles	1727 nm	W
Fakaofo	Mon 4:24 AM	3264 km	2028 miles	1762 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Mon 4:24 AM	3502 km	2176 miles	1891 nm	WSW