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, March 2, 2013 at 13:56:00 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: 75%

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 Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 13:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 59'	South
Longitude:	150° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.68 meters/second, 1546.9 km/hour, 961.2 miles/hour or 835.2 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' 26.9"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 59.4"	960.98 mi	west	0° 07' 46.5"	8.91 mi	south	960.71 mi
24 hours	13° 27' 00.7"	894.52 mi	east	2° 38' 10.8"	181.31 mi	south	906.61 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
Papeete	Sat 3:56 AM	206 km	128 miles	111 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Sat 3:56 AM	1125 km	699 miles	607 nm	WSW
Alofi	Sat 2:56 AM	2073 km	1288 miles	1119 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sun 3:56 AM	2107 km	1309 miles	1138 nm	NNW
Apia *	Sun 3:56 AM	2284 km	1419 miles	1233 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 2:56 AM	2351 km	1461 miles	1269 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Sat 5:56 AM	2363 km	1468 miles	1276 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Sun 2:56 AM	2651 km	1647 miles	1431 nm	WSW
Suva	Sun 1:56 AM	3297 km	2049 miles	1780 nm	W
Baker Island	Sat 1:56 AM	3355 km	2085 miles	1812 nm	WNW