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 19:44:00 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: 0%

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 19:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 38'	South
Longitude:	120° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.96 meters/second, 1576.6 km/hour, 979.7 miles/hour or 851.3 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' 27.5"	16.33 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.33 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 29.3"	979.61 mi	west	0° 10' 38.9"	12.20 mi	north	979.99 mi
24 hours	12° 42' 15.4"	860.80 mi	east	4° 29' 39.6"	308.90 mi	north	920.23 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
Adamstown	Sat 11:44 AM	1793 km	1114 miles	968 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Sat 2:44 PM	2075 km	1289 miles	1120 nm	SSE
Papeete	Sat 9:44 AM	3187 km	1981 miles	1721 nm	WSW
Galapagos Islands	Sat 1:44 PM	3622 km	2251 miles	1956 nm	ENE
Mexico City	Sat 1:44 PM	4164 km	2587 miles	2248 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Sat 9:44 AM	4306 km	2676 miles	2325 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 9:44 AM	4333 km	2692 miles	2339 nm	WNW
Guatemala	Sat 1:44 PM	4406 km	2738 miles	2379 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sat 1:44 PM	4456 km	2769 miles	2406 nm	NE
Managua	Sat 1:44 PM	4616 km	2868 miles	2492 nm	NE