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 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

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

Latitude:	6° 20'	North
Longitude:	156° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.44 meters/second, 1607.2 km/hour, 998.6 miles/hour or 867.8 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' 31.5"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	north	16.65 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 27.3"	998.61 mi	west	0° 10' 50.4"	12.41 mi	north	998.52 mi
24 hours	11° 23' 45.8"	783.55 mi	east	4° 06' 50.4"	282.75 mi	north	829.44 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	Wed 1:34 PM	172 km	107 miles	93 nm	ENE
Kolonia	Wed 1:34 PM	178 km	111 miles	96 nm	ENE
Yaren	Wed 2:34 PM	1362 km	846 miles	736 nm	ESE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Wed 12:34 PM	1533 km	952 miles	828 nm	WNW
Majuro	Wed 2:34 PM	1602 km	995 miles	865 nm	E
Honiara	Wed 1:34 PM	1779 km	1105 miles	960 nm	SSE
Wake Island	Wed 2:34 PM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	NE
Tarawa	Wed 2:34 PM	1886 km	1172 miles	1018 nm	ESE
Jayapura	Wed 11:34 AM	2033 km	1263 miles	1098 nm	WSW
Port Moresby	Wed 12:34 PM	2041 km	1268 miles	1102 nm	SSW