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 Monday, February 18, 2013 at 10:50:00 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: 56%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 18, 2013 at 10:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 01'	North
Longitude:	113° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.97 meters/second, 1519.1 km/hour, 943.9 miles/hour or 820.2 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' 31.1"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 03.5"	943.67 mi	west	0° 02' 28.5"	2.84 mi	north	943.55 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 01.3"	755.21 mi	east	0° 33' 32.7"	38.46 mi	north	754.84 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
Macau	Mon 6:50 PM	242 km	150 miles	130 nm	N
Hong Kong	Mon 6:50 PM	265 km	165 miles	143 nm	NNE
Kowloon	Mon 6:50 PM	270 km	167 miles	146 nm	NNE
Shenzhen	Mon 6:50 PM	302 km	188 miles	163 nm	NNE
Haikou	Mon 6:50 PM	325 km	202 miles	176 nm	W
Foshan	Mon 6:50 PM	334 km	208 miles	181 nm	N
Guangzhou	Mon 6:50 PM	345 km	214 miles	186 nm	N
Shantou	Mon 6:50 PM	498 km	310 miles	269 nm	NE
Nanning	Mon 6:50 PM	616 km	383 miles	333 nm	WNW
Guilin	Mon 6:50 PM	667 km	414 miles	360 nm	NNW