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 Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 00:44:00 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
Fraction of moon illuminated: 16%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 00:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 7° 48' | North |
| Longitude: | 145° 16' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.18 meters/second, 1602.7 km/hour, 995.8 miles/hour or 865.4 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' 31.7" | 16.60 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.5" | 0.20 mi | north | 16.60 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 45.7" | 995.80 mi | west | 0° 10' 31.7" | 12.06 mi | north | 995.66 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 15' 49.4" | 772.00 mi | east | 3° 57' 26.8" | 272.00 mi | north | 814.50 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 |
|---|
| Kiritimati | Thu 2:44 PM | 1491 km | 926 miles | 805 nm | WSW |
| Honolulu | Wed 2:44 PM | 2017 km | 1253 miles | 1089 nm | NW |
| Papeete | Wed 2:44 PM | 2841 km | 1765 miles | 1534 nm | S |
| Fakaofo | Thu 1:44 PM | 3449 km | 2143 miles | 1862 nm | WSW |
| Baker Island | Wed 12:44 PM | 3565 km | 2215 miles | 1925 nm | WSW |
| Rarotonga | Wed 2:44 PM | 3582 km | 2225 miles | 1934 nm | SSW |
| Apia * | Thu 2:44 PM | 3782 km | 2350 miles | 2042 nm | SW |
| Adamstown | Wed 4:44 PM | 3990 km | 2479 miles | 2154 nm | SSE |
| Los Angeles | Wed 4:44 PM | 4015 km | 2495 miles | 2168 nm | NE |
| Alofi | Wed 1:44 PM | 4017 km | 2496 miles | 2169 nm | SW |
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