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 Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:36:00 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: 20%

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 Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 14'	North
Longitude:	132° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.97 meters/second, 1544.3 km/hour, 959.6 miles/hour or 833.8 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' 31.1"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 10.2"	959.38 mi	west	0° 05' 45.3"	6.60 mi	north	959.15 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 12.8"	764.57 mi	east	1° 53' 56.0"	130.61 mi	north	771.64 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
Melekeok	Sat 3:36 PM	1102 km	685 miles	595 nm	SSE
Quezon	Sat 2:36 PM	1250 km	777 miles	675 nm	WSW
Manila	Sat 2:36 PM	1259 km	782 miles	680 nm	WSW
Davao	Sat 2:36 PM	1347 km	837 miles	727 nm	SW
Guam (Hagåtña)	Sat 4:36 PM	1385 km	861 miles	748 nm	ESE
Taipei	Sat 2:36 PM	1427 km	887 miles	771 nm	NW
Kumamoto	Sat 3:36 PM	1734 km	1077 miles	936 nm	N
Shantou	Sat 2:36 PM	1780 km	1106 miles	961 nm	WNW
Fukuoka	Sat 3:36 PM	1831 km	1138 miles	989 nm	N
Kitakyushu	Sat 3:36 PM	1850 km	1150 miles	999 nm	N