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 Monday, March 4, 2013 at 15:52:00 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: 53%

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 Monday, March 4, 2013 at 15:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 12'	South
Longitude:	151° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.47 meters/second, 1506.5 km/hour, 936.1 miles/hour or 813.4 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' 24.8"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 52.4"	935.85 mi	west	0° 01' 55.6"	2.21 mi	south	935.76 mi
24 hours	14° 06' 06.5"	915.56 mi	east	0° 09' 02.7"	10.37 mi	south	915.18 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	Mon 5:52 AM	341 km	212 miles	184 nm	NNE
Rarotonga	Mon 5:52 AM	902 km	560 miles	487 nm	W
Alofi	Mon 4:52 AM	1968 km	1223 miles	1062 nm	W
Adamstown	Mon 7:52 AM	2231 km	1386 miles	1204 nm	ESE
Apia *	Tue 5:52 AM	2300 km	1429 miles	1242 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Tue 4:52 AM	2465 km	1532 miles	1331 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Tue 4:52 AM	2502 km	1555 miles	1351 nm	W
Kiritimati	Tue 5:52 AM	2532 km	1573 miles	1367 nm	NNW
Suva	Tue 3:52 AM	3200 km	1988 miles	1728 nm	W
Funafuti	Tue 3:52 AM	3436 km	2135 miles	1855 nm	WNW