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 Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:40:00 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: 85%

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 Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 14'	South
Longitude:	145° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.50 meters/second, 1575.0 km/hour, 978.7 miles/hour or 850.4 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' 28.4"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 25.9"	978.52 mi	west	0° 09' 49.7"	11.26 mi	south	978.28 mi
24 hours	12° 53' 18.7"	871.37 mi	east	3° 34' 57.6"	246.32 mi	south	899.27 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
Taiohae	Fri 3:10 AM	722 km	449 miles	390 nm	ENE
Papeete	Fri 2:40 AM	749 km	465 miles	404 nm	SW
Rarotonga	Fri 2:40 AM	1841 km	1144 miles	994 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Sat 2:40 AM	2055 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	NW
Adamstown	Fri 4:40 AM	2133 km	1325 miles	1152 nm	SE
Alofi	Fri 1:40 AM	2749 km	1708 miles	1484 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Sat 1:40 AM	2860 km	1777 miles	1544 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 2:40 AM	2883 km	1791 miles	1557 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sat 1:40 AM	3338 km	2074 miles	1802 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Fri 12:40 AM	3716 km	2309 miles	2006 nm	WNW