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 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: 47%

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

Latitude:	17° 37'	South
Longitude:	152° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.71 meters/second, 1532.6 km/hour, 952.3 miles/hour or 827.5 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' 26.3"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 06.6"	0.13 mi	south	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 19.5"	952.06 mi	west	0° 06' 40.2"	7.65 mi	south	951.80 mi
24 hours	13° 45' 59.8"	907.76 mi	east	2° 08' 45.5"	147.61 mi	south	914.14 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	Mon 5:56 AM	709 km	440 miles	383 nm	W
Port Moresby	Mon 5:56 AM	1064 km	661 miles	575 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Mon 5:56 AM	1094 km	680 miles	591 nm	S
Honiara	Mon 6:56 AM	1219 km	758 miles	658 nm	NE
Port Vila	Mon 6:56 AM	1688 km	1049 miles	912 nm	E
Sydney *	Mon 6:56 AM	1805 km	1121 miles	974 nm	S
Canberra *	Mon 6:56 AM	1985 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	S
Alice Springs	Mon 5:26 AM	2043 km	1270 miles	1103 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Mon 4:56 AM	2101 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	NW
Melbourne *	Mon 6:56 AM	2354 km	1463 miles	1271 nm	SSW