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 01:52:00 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 01:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 7° 60' | North |
| Longitude: | 161° 44' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.98 meters/second, 1601.9 km/hour, 995.4 miles/hour or 865.0 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" | 16.59 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.5" | 0.20 mi | north | 16.59 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 46.3" | 995.34 mi | west | 0° 10' 28.4" | 12.00 mi | north | 995.19 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 15' 41.4" | 771.48 mi | east | 3° 55' 52.1" | 270.20 mi | north | 813.35 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 3:52 PM | 834 km | 518 miles | 451 nm | SE |
| Honolulu | Wed 3:52 PM | 1531 km | 951 miles | 827 nm | NNE |
| Baker Island | Wed 1:52 PM | 1850 km | 1150 miles | 999 nm | WSW |
| Fakaofo | Thu 2:52 PM | 2190 km | 1361 miles | 1183 nm | SSW |
| Apia * | Thu 3:52 PM | 2657 km | 1651 miles | 1435 nm | SSW |
| Midway | Wed 2:52 PM | 2777 km | 1726 miles | 1499 nm | NW |
| Funafuti | Thu 1:52 PM | 2793 km | 1736 miles | 1508 nm | SW |
| Tarawa | Thu 1:52 PM | 2895 km | 1799 miles | 1563 nm | WSW |
| Majuro | Thu 1:52 PM | 2989 km | 1857 miles | 1614 nm | W |
| Alofi | Wed 2:52 PM | 3123 km | 1941 miles | 1686 nm | SSW |
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