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 Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 13:34:00 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: 65%

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 Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 13:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 35'	South
Longitude:	131° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.07 meters/second, 1523.1 km/hour, 946.4 miles/hour or 822.4 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' 25.8"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 46.0"	946.16 mi	west	0° 05' 14.9"	6.02 mi	south	945.93 mi
24 hours	13° 52' 21.7"	909.67 mi	east	1° 31' 59.6"	105.47 mi	south	911.59 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
Gambier Islands	Sun 4:34 AM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Sun 5:34 AM	741 km	460 miles	400 nm	SSE
Papeete	Sun 3:34 AM	1873 km	1164 miles	1011 nm	W
Easter Island *	Sun 8:34 AM	2495 km	1551 miles	1347 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Sun 3:34 AM	2929 km	1820 miles	1582 nm	W
Kiritimati	Mon 3:34 AM	3588 km	2229 miles	1937 nm	NW
Alofi	Sun 2:34 AM	3999 km	2485 miles	2159 nm	W
Apia *	Mon 3:34 AM	4286 km	2663 miles	2314 nm	W
Fakaofo	Mon 2:34 AM	4360 km	2709 miles	2354 nm	W
Nukualofa	Mon 2:34 AM	4530 km	2815 miles	2446 nm	W