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 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 00:34:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 00:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 58'	North
Longitude:	174° 13'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.73 meters/second, 1608.2 km/hour, 999.3 miles/hour or 868.4 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' 31.3"	16.65 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 26.2"	999.28 mi	west	0° 10' 55.3"	12.51 mi	north	999.19 mi
24 hours	11° 23' 56.3"	784.28 mi	east	4° 09' 15.0"	285.50 mi	north	831.20 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
Baker Island	Tue 12:34 PM	685 km	426 miles	370 nm	SSW
Tarawa	Wed 12:34 PM	1506 km	936 miles	813 nm	WSW
Majuro	Wed 12:34 PM	1618 km	1005 miles	874 nm	W
Fakaofo	Wed 1:34 PM	1727 km	1073 miles	933 nm	S
Funafuti	Wed 12:34 PM	1759 km	1093 miles	950 nm	SSW
Kiritimati	Wed 2:34 PM	1929 km	1199 miles	1042 nm	ESE
Apia *	Wed 2:34 PM	2206 km	1371 miles	1191 nm	S
Yaren	Wed 12:34 PM	2216 km	1377 miles	1197 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Tue 2:34 PM	2449 km	1522 miles	1322 nm	NE
Midway	Tue 1:34 PM	2485 km	1544 miles	1342 nm	N