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 10, 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 19:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 14'	South
Longitude:	126° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.29 meters/second, 1610.3 km/hour, 1000.6 miles/hour or 869.5 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' 30.2"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 12.1"	1000.56 mi	west	0° 11' 43.0"	13.42 mi	north	1000.77 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 47.6"	811.52 mi	east	4° 42' 23.0"	323.39 mi	north	875.02 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
Adamstown	Sun 11:42 AM	2333 km	1449 miles	1259 nm	S
Papeete	Sun 9:42 AM	2883 km	1792 miles	1557 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Sun 2:42 PM	3139 km	1951 miles	1695 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Mon 9:42 AM	3460 km	2150 miles	1868 nm	W
Mexico City	Sun 1:42 PM	4005 km	2488 miles	2162 nm	NE
Rarotonga	Sun 9:42 AM	4027 km	2502 miles	2175 nm	WSW
Hermosillo	Sun 12:42 PM	4056 km	2520 miles	2190 nm	NNE
Galapagos Islands	Sun 1:42 PM	4155 km	2582 miles	2244 nm	E
Los Angeles *	Sun 12:42 PM	4331 km	2691 miles	2339 nm	NNE
Honolulu	Sun 9:42 AM	4409 km	2739 miles	2381 nm	NW