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 20:14:00 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 20:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 39'	South
Longitude:	148° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.62 meters/second, 1532.2 km/hour, 952.1 miles/hour or 827.3 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' 26.3"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	south	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 18.2"	951.86 mi	west	0° 06' 38.3"	7.61 mi	south	951.60 mi
24 hours	13° 46' 26.7"	908.08 mi	east	2° 07' 54.8"	146.64 mi	south	914.33 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
Townsville	Mon 6:14 AM	220 km	137 miles	119 nm	SW
Cairns	Mon 6:14 AM	257 km	159 miles	139 nm	WNW
Port Moresby	Mon 6:14 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	N
Brisbane	Mon 6:14 AM	1201 km	746 miles	649 nm	SSE
Honiara	Mon 7:14 AM	1574 km	978 miles	850 nm	NE
Alice Springs	Mon 5:44 AM	1623 km	1009 miles	877 nm	WSW
Sydney *	Mon 7:14 AM	1824 km	1133 miles	985 nm	S
Jayapura	Mon 5:14 AM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	NNW
Darwin	Mon 5:44 AM	1938 km	1204 miles	1046 nm	WNW
Canberra *	Mon 7:14 AM	1957 km	1216 miles	1057 nm	S