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 02:34:00 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

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 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 49'	North
Longitude:	145° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.75 meters/second, 1615.5 km/hour, 1003.8 miles/hour or 872.3 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' 06.8"	1003.82 mi	west	0° 11' 35.6"	13.28 mi	north	1003.86 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 45.4"	793.69 mi	east	4° 30' 37.2"	309.94 mi	north	850.38 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
Jayapura	Tue 11:34 AM	698 km	434 miles	377 nm	SW
Lae	Tue 12:34 PM	965 km	599 miles	521 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Tue 12:34 PM	1264 km	786 miles	683 nm	S
Manokwari	Tue 11:34 AM	1280 km	796 miles	691 nm	WSW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 12:34 PM	1291 km	802 miles	697 nm	N
Melekeok	Tue 11:34 AM	1336 km	830 miles	721 nm	WNW
Palikir	Tue 1:34 PM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	ENE
Honiara	Tue 1:34 PM	2051 km	1274 miles	1107 nm	SE
Cairns	Tue 12:34 PM	2073 km	1288 miles	1119 nm	S
Darwin	Tue 12:04 PM	2243 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	SW