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 20:20:00 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

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

Latitude:	11° 32'	South
Longitude:	129° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.14 meters/second, 1577.3 km/hour, 980.1 miles/hour or 851.7 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' 10.6"	0.20 mi	north	16.34 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 31.6"	980.02 mi	west	0° 10' 41.2"	12.24 mi	north	980.41 mi
24 hours	12° 41' 20.2"	860.08 mi	east	4° 30' 18.7"	309.65 mi	north	919.75 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 12:20 PM	1501 km	932 miles	810 nm	S
Papeete	Sat 10:20 AM	2286 km	1421 miles	1234 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 3:20 PM	2702 km	1679 miles	1459 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Sat 10:20 AM	3425 km	2128 miles	1850 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 10:20 AM	3443 km	2139 miles	1859 nm	WNW
Alofi	Sat 9:20 AM	4436 km	2756 miles	2395 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sun 10:20 AM	4620 km	2871 miles	2494 nm	W
Mexico City	Sat 2:20 PM	4757 km	2956 miles	2569 nm	NE
Honolulu	Sat 10:20 AM	4794 km	2979 miles	2589 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Sun 9:20 AM	5006 km	3110 miles	2703 nm	WSW