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 Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 15:36:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 40'	North
Longitude:	136° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.02 meters/second, 1616.5 km/hour, 1004.4 miles/hour or 872.8 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' 31.1"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 14.3"	1004.40 mi	west	0° 11' 40.4"	13.37 mi	south	1004.51 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 26.8"	804.05 mi	east	4° 41' 00.0"	321.81 mi	south	865.59 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
Manokwari	Wed 12:36 AM	302 km	188 miles	163 nm	SW
Jayapura	Wed 12:36 AM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	SE
Melekeok	Wed 12:36 AM	778 km	483 miles	420 nm	NNW
Sofifi	Wed 12:36 AM	974 km	605 miles	526 nm	W
Ternate	Wed 12:36 AM	993 km	617 miles	536 nm	W
Manado	Tue 11:36 PM	1280 km	795 miles	691 nm	W
Davao	Tue 11:36 PM	1382 km	859 miles	746 nm	WNW
Gorontalo	Tue 11:36 PM	1475 km	916 miles	796 nm	W
Dili	Wed 12:36 AM	1569 km	975 miles	847 nm	SW
Darwin	Wed 1:06 AM	1573 km	978 miles	850 nm	SSW