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 16, 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 34%

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 Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 19'	North
Longitude:	149° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.42 meters/second, 1560.3 km/hour, 969.5 miles/hour or 842.5 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' 31.6"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 43.8"	969.37 mi	west	0° 07' 18.3"	8.37 mi	north	969.13 mi
24 hours	11° 21' 27.6"	757.85 mi	east	2° 33' 21.2"	175.77 mi	north	773.21 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
Honolulu	Fri 4:34 PM	1116 km	693 miles	602 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Sat 4:34 PM	1726 km	1073 miles	932 nm	SSW
Midway	Fri 3:34 PM	3218 km	1999 miles	1737 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Fri 2:34 PM	3418 km	2124 miles	1846 nm	WSW
San Francisco	Fri 6:34 PM	3633 km	2258 miles	1962 nm	NE
Papeete	Fri 4:34 PM	3634 km	2258 miles	1962 nm	S
Fakaofo	Sat 3:34 PM	3643 km	2264 miles	1967 nm	SW
Los Angeles	Fri 6:34 PM	3746 km	2327 miles	2022 nm	NE
Apia *	Sat 4:34 PM	4060 km	2523 miles	2192 nm	SW
Las Vegas	Fri 6:34 PM	4100 km	2547 miles	2214 nm	NE