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 17:10:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 17:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 05'	South
Longitude:	83° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.15 meters/second, 1573.7 km/hour, 977.9 miles/hour or 849.8 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' 27.2"	16.30 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.30 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 18.9"	977.80 mi	west	0° 10' 29.0"	12.01 mi	north	978.19 mi
24 hours	12° 46' 13.7"	863.85 mi	east	4° 26' 43.4"	305.55 mi	north	922.22 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
Lima	Sat 12:10 PM	701 km	435 miles	378 nm	E
Guayaquil	Sat 12:10 PM	1161 km	721 miles	627 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Sat 11:10 AM	1411 km	877 miles	762 nm	NNW
Quito	Sat 12:10 PM	1422 km	883 miles	768 nm	NNE
La Paz	Sat 1:10 PM	1725 km	1072 miles	931 nm	ESE
Cali	Sat 12:10 PM	1879 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	NNE
Sucre	Sat 1:10 PM	2097 km	1303 miles	1132 nm	ESE
Bogota	Sat 12:10 PM	2121 km	1318 miles	1145 nm	NNE
Panama	Sat 12:10 PM	2372 km	1474 miles	1281 nm	N
San Jose	Sat 11:10 AM	2437 km	1514 miles	1316 nm	N