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 23, 2013 at 09:52:00 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: 94%

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 Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 09:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 02'	North
Longitude:	174° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.82 meters/second, 1569.0 km/hour, 974.9 miles/hour or 847.2 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' 31.3"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	south	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 27.2"	974.78 mi	west	0° 08' 12.1"	9.40 mi	south	975.11 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 46.9"	763.78 mi	east	3° 35' 30.0"	246.91 mi	south	807.88 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
Baker Island	Fri 9:52 PM	1545 km	960 miles	834 nm	S
Midway	Fri 10:52 PM	1597 km	992 miles	862 nm	N
Majuro	Sat 9:52 PM	1735 km	1078 miles	937 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 11:52 PM	1943 km	1208 miles	1049 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Sat 9:52 PM	1956 km	1215 miles	1056 nm	SW
Wake Island	Sat 9:52 PM	2087 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 11:52 PM	2323 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	SE
Funafuti	Sat 9:52 PM	2587 km	1608 miles	1397 nm	SSW
Yaren	Sat 9:52 PM	2602 km	1617 miles	1405 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Sat 10:52 PM	2613 km	1624 miles	1411 nm	S