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 Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 14:34:00 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: 42%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 14:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 23'	South
Longitude:	118° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.92 meters/second, 1504.5 km/hour, 934.9 miles/hour or 812.4 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' 24.6"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 42.9"	934.62 mi	west	0° 01' 08.3"	1.31 mi	north	934.68 mi
24 hours	14° 02' 20.7"	910.46 mi	east	1° 04' 06.0"	73.50 mi	north	916.50 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
Easter Island *	Tue 9:34 AM	1181 km	734 miles	638 nm	SE
Adamstown	Tue 6:34 AM	1313 km	816 miles	709 nm	WSW
Papeete	Tue 4:34 AM	3298 km	2049 miles	1781 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Tue 8:34 AM	3798 km	2360 miles	2051 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Tue 4:34 AM	4301 km	2673 miles	2322 nm	W
Lima	Tue 9:34 AM	4500 km	2796 miles	2430 nm	E
Quito	Tue 9:34 AM	4876 km	3030 miles	2633 nm	ENE
Mexico City	Tue 8:34 AM	4876 km	3030 miles	2633 nm	NNE
Santiago *	Tue 11:34 AM	4907 km	3049 miles	2649 nm	ESE
Kiritimati	Wed 4:34 AM	4913 km	3053 miles	2653 nm	WNW