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 08:24:00 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 08:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 24'	North
Longitude:	106° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.56 meters/second, 1542.8 km/hour, 958.7 miles/hour or 833.1 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"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 09.2"	958.47 mi	west	0° 05' 36.1"	6.42 mi	north	958.24 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 33.1"	764.23 mi	east	1° 50' 05.9"	126.21 mi	north	770.67 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
Savannakhet	Sat 3:24 PM	190 km	118 miles	103 nm	WSW
Sakon Nakhon	Sat 3:24 PM	231 km	144 miles	125 nm	W
Pakse	Sat 3:24 PM	258 km	160 miles	139 nm	SSW
Udon Thani	Sat 3:24 PM	373 km	232 miles	202 nm	W
Hai Phong	Sat 3:24 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	N
Khon Kaen	Sat 3:24 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	WSW
Vientiane	Sat 3:24 PM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	W
Hanoi	Sat 3:24 PM	405 km	252 miles	219 nm	N
Haikou	Sat 4:24 PM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	NE
Luang Prabang	Sat 3:24 PM	519 km	323 miles	280 nm	WNW