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 02:44:00 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 02:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 51'	North
Longitude:	142° 50'	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' 31.0"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 07.0"	1003.81 mi	west	0° 11' 35.3"	13.27 mi	north	1003.84 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 42.0"	793.61 mi	east	4° 30' 29.9"	309.79 mi	north	850.23 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 11:44 AM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	SSW
Manokwari	Tue 11:44 AM	1021 km	635 miles	551 nm	WSW
Melekeok	Tue 11:44 AM	1104 km	686 miles	596 nm	NW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 12:44 PM	1303 km	810 miles	704 nm	N
Port Moresby	Tue 12:44 PM	1340 km	832 miles	723 nm	SSE
Palikir	Tue 1:44 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	ENE
Davao	Tue 10:44 AM	1996 km	1240 miles	1078 nm	WNW
Manado	Tue 10:44 AM	2003 km	1244 miles	1081 nm	W
Darwin	Tue 12:14 PM	2064 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	SW
Cairns	Tue 12:44 PM	2101 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	S