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 9, 2013 at 19:42:00 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: 5%

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 Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 19:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 48'	South
Longitude:	138° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.71 meters/second, 1593.8 km/hour, 990.3 miles/hour or 860.6 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' 29.0"	16.51 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.51 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 08.3"	990.28 mi	west	0° 11' 03.3"	12.66 mi	north	990.60 mi
24 hours	12° 07' 51.8"	829.33 mi	east	4° 34' 18.8"	314.19 mi	north	890.79 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
Taiohae	Sat 10:12 AM	64 km	40 miles	34 nm	WSW
Papeete	Sat 9:42 AM	1501 km	933 miles	811 nm	SW
Adamstown	Sat 11:42 AM	2031 km	1262 miles	1097 nm	SSE
Kiritimati	Sun 9:42 AM	2355 km	1464 miles	1272 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Sat 9:42 AM	2623 km	1630 miles	1416 nm	SW
Alofi	Sat 8:42 AM	3525 km	2191 miles	1904 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Sun 8:42 AM	3548 km	2204 miles	1916 nm	W
Apia *	Sun 9:42 AM	3622 km	2251 miles	1956 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sat 2:42 PM	3717 km	2309 miles	2007 nm	SE
Honolulu	Sat 9:42 AM	3919 km	2435 miles	2116 nm	NNW