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 05:36:00 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: 35%

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 05:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 41'	North
Longitude:	166° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.64 meters/second, 1557.5 km/hour, 967.8 miles/hour or 841.0 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' 31.6"	16.13 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	16.13 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 42.1"	967.63 mi	west	0° 07' 04.2"	8.10 mi	north	967.38 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 18.5"	757.46 mi	east	2° 27' 25.3"	168.97 mi	north	771.40 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
Wake Island	Sat 5:36 PM	398 km	248 miles	215 nm	N
Majuro	Sat 5:36 PM	1071 km	665 miles	578 nm	SSE
Palikir	Sat 4:36 PM	1334 km	829 miles	720 nm	SW
Tarawa	Sat 5:36 PM	1729 km	1074 miles	934 nm	SSE
Yaren	Sat 5:36 PM	1794 km	1115 miles	969 nm	S
Midway	Fri 6:36 PM	2158 km	1341 miles	1165 nm	NE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 3:36 PM	2362 km	1468 miles	1275 nm	W
Baker Island	Fri 5:36 PM	2531 km	1573 miles	1367 nm	SE
Honiara	Sat 4:36 PM	2872 km	1784 miles	1551 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Sat 5:36 PM	3018 km	1876 miles	1630 nm	SSE