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 05:44:00 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: 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 05:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 42'	North
Longitude:	164° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.61 meters/second, 1557.4 km/hour, 967.7 miles/hour or 840.9 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"	16.13 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	16.13 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 42.1"	967.55 mi	west	0° 07' 03.7"	8.09 mi	north	967.31 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 20.8"	757.44 mi	east	2° 27' 09.5"	168.67 mi	north	771.32 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 5:44 PM	451 km	280 miles	243 nm	NNE
Majuro	Sat 5:44 PM	1187 km	737 miles	641 nm	SE
Palikir	Sat 4:44 PM	1200 km	746 miles	648 nm	SW
Yaren	Sat 5:44 PM	1813 km	1127 miles	979 nm	S
Tarawa	Sat 5:44 PM	1828 km	1136 miles	987 nm	SSE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 3:44 PM	2155 km	1339 miles	1164 nm	W
Midway	Fri 6:44 PM	2313 km	1438 miles	1249 nm	NE
Baker Island	Fri 5:44 PM	2693 km	1673 miles	1454 nm	SE
Honiara	Sat 4:44 PM	2827 km	1757 miles	1526 nm	S
Funafuti	Sat 5:44 PM	3124 km	1941 miles	1687 nm	SSE