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 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 09:42:00 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: 73%

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 Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 09:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 16'	North
Longitude:	153° 11'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.20 meters/second, 1516.3 km/hour, 942.2 miles/hour or 818.8 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' 30.7"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.1"	941.96 mi	west	0° 01' 58.0"	2.26 mi	south	942.07 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 51.5"	756.03 mi	east	1° 13' 10.2"	83.89 mi	south	763.55 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
Saipan	Wed 7:42 PM	966 km	601 miles	522 nm	SW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Wed 7:42 PM	1170 km	727 miles	632 nm	SW
Wake Island	Wed 9:42 PM	1415 km	879 miles	764 nm	E
Palikir	Wed 8:42 PM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	SSE
Yokohama	Wed 6:42 PM	2142 km	1331 miles	1157 nm	NW
Tokyo	Wed 6:42 PM	2159 km	1342 miles	1166 nm	NW
Nagoya	Wed 6:42 PM	2296 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	NW
Osaka	Wed 6:42 PM	2360 km	1466 miles	1274 nm	NW
Kyoto	Wed 6:42 PM	2365 km	1469 miles	1277 nm	NW
Kobe	Wed 6:42 PM	2385 km	1482 miles	1288 nm	NW