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 12, 2013 at 01:50:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 01:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 40'	North
Longitude:	155° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.78 meters/second, 1615.6 km/hour, 1003.9 miles/hour or 872.4 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' 31.1"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 05.7"	1003.88 mi	west	0° 11' 36.5"	13.29 mi	north	1003.92 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 01.0"	794.05 mi	east	4° 31' 09.7"	310.55 mi	north	851.00 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
Palikir	Tue 12:50 PM	632 km	393 miles	341 nm	NNE
Kolonia	Tue 12:50 PM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	NNE
Arawa	Tue 11:50 AM	875 km	543 miles	472 nm	S
Yaren	Tue 1:50 PM	1250 km	777 miles	675 nm	E
Honiara	Tue 12:50 PM	1308 km	813 miles	706 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Tue 11:50 AM	1564 km	972 miles	845 nm	SW
Jayapura	Tue 10:50 AM	1754 km	1090 miles	947 nm	WSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 11:50 AM	1792 km	1114 miles	968 nm	NW
Majuro	Tue 1:50 PM	1802 km	1120 miles	973 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Tue 1:50 PM	1903 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	E