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 Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 08:34:00 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: 28%

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 Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 08:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 15'	North
Longitude:	115° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.94 meters/second, 1526.2 km/hour, 948.3 miles/hour or 824.1 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' 30.9"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.1"	948.11 mi	west	0° 03' 26.8"	3.95 mi	north	947.96 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 53.1"	759.78 mi	east	0° 57' 03.4"	65.42 mi	north	760.36 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
Kowloon	Sun 4:34 PM	364 km	226 miles	197 nm	NNW
Hong Kong	Sun 4:34 PM	365 km	227 miles	197 nm	NNW
Macau	Sun 4:34 PM	383 km	238 miles	207 nm	NNW
Shenzhen	Sun 4:34 PM	399 km	248 miles	215 nm	NNW
Shantou	Sun 4:34 PM	472 km	294 miles	255 nm	NNE
Foshan	Sun 4:34 PM	484 km	301 miles	261 nm	NNW
Guangzhou	Sun 4:34 PM	487 km	303 miles	263 nm	NNW
Haikou	Sun 4:34 PM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	W
Baguio City	Sun 4:34 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	ESE
Xiamen	Sun 4:34 PM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	NNE