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 14:08:00 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: 84%

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 14:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 29'	South
Longitude:	166° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.06 meters/second, 1573.4 km/hour, 977.7 miles/hour or 849.6 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"	16.29 mi	west	0° 00' 09.7"	0.19 mi	south	16.30 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 21.0"	977.54 mi	west	0° 09' 43.7"	11.15 mi	south	977.29 mi
24 hours	12° 55' 19.3"	872.83 mi	east	3° 32' 07.2"	243.07 mi	south	899.76 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
Pago Pago	Fri 3:08 AM	500 km	311 miles	270 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sat 4:08 AM	595 km	370 miles	321 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Sat 3:08 AM	625 km	388 miles	337 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 3:08 AM	816 km	507 miles	441 nm	SSW
Rarotonga	Fri 4:08 AM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	SE
Nukualofa	Sat 3:08 AM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	SW
Funafuti	Sat 2:08 AM	1628 km	1011 miles	879 nm	WNW
Suva	Sat 2:08 AM	1739 km	1081 miles	939 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Fri 2:08 AM	1786 km	1109 miles	964 nm	NW
Kiritimati	Sat 4:08 AM	1880 km	1168 miles	1015 nm	NNE