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 01:20:00 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 01:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 42'	South
Longitude:	145° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.94 meters/second, 1555.0 km/hour, 966.2 miles/hour or 839.6 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"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.11 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 15.2"	966.11 mi	west	0° 09' 15.4"	10.61 mi	north	966.51 mi
24 hours	13° 11' 24.9"	882.67 mi	east	4° 03' 34.7"	279.08 mi	north	932.81 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	Sat 11:20 AM	253 km	157 miles	137 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Sat 11:20 AM	617 km	383 miles	333 nm	NNE
Lae	Sat 11:20 AM	901 km	560 miles	486 nm	NNE
Jayapura	Sat 10:20 AM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	NNW
Alice Springs	Sat 10:50 AM	1557 km	967 miles	841 nm	SW
Darwin	Sat 10:50 AM	1579 km	981 miles	852 nm	W
Brisbane	Sat 11:20 AM	1628 km	1011 miles	879 nm	SSE
Honiara	Sat 12:20 PM	1702 km	1058 miles	919 nm	ENE
Manokwari	Sat 10:20 AM	1963 km	1220 miles	1060 nm	NW
Sydney *	Sat 12:20 PM	2207 km	1371 miles	1191 nm	SSE