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 Monday, February 11, 2013 at 02:34:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 11, 2013 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 48'	South
Longitude:	153° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.82 meters/second, 1604.9 km/hour, 997.3 miles/hour or 866.6 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' 29.3"	16.62 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	north	16.62 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 24.8"	997.24 mi	west	0° 11' 53.6"	13.62 mi	north	997.51 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 55.7"	825.79 mi	east	4° 47' 58.1"	329.80 mi	north	891.56 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
Arawa	Mon 12:34 PM	273 km	170 miles	147 nm	E
Lae	Mon 12:34 PM	688 km	428 miles	372 nm	W
Port Moresby	Mon 12:34 PM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	WSW
Honiara	Mon 1:34 PM	853 km	530 miles	460 nm	ESE
Jayapura	Mon 11:34 AM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	WNW
Cairns	Mon 12:34 PM	1469 km	913 miles	793 nm	SSW
Palikir	Mon 1:34 PM	1513 km	940 miles	817 nm	NNE
Yaren	Mon 2:34 PM	1638 km	1018 miles	885 nm	ENE
Port Vila	Mon 1:34 PM	2114 km	1313 miles	1141 nm	SE
Manokwari	Mon 11:34 AM	2188 km	1360 miles	1182 nm	WNW