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 9, 2013 at 00:24:00 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: 2%

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 Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 00:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 50'	South
Longitude:	158° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.63 meters/second, 1553.9 km/hour, 965.5 miles/hour or 839.0 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' 26.1"	16.09 mi	west	0° 00' 09.0"	0.17 mi	north	16.09 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 11.6"	965.41 mi	west	0° 09' 10.3"	10.51 mi	north	965.80 mi
24 hours	13° 12' 54.8"	883.76 mi	east	4° 01' 56.5"	277.21 mi	north	933.34 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
Honiara	Sat 11:24 AM	613 km	381 miles	331 nm	NNE
Arawa	Sat 10:24 AM	1013 km	629 miles	547 nm	NNW
Port Vila	Sat 11:24 AM	1074 km	667 miles	580 nm	ESE
Noumea	Sat 11:24 AM	1157 km	719 miles	625 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 10:24 AM	1390 km	863 miles	750 nm	WNW
Cairns	Sat 10:24 AM	1406 km	874 miles	759 nm	W
Brisbane	Sat 10:24 AM	1518 km	943 miles	820 nm	SSW
Yaren	Sat 12:24 PM	1820 km	1131 miles	983 nm	NNE
Suva	Sat 12:24 PM	2133 km	1326 miles	1152 nm	ESE
Sydney *	Sat 11:24 AM	2240 km	1392 miles	1209 nm	SSW