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 31, 2013 at 13:56:00 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: 78%
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 13:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 19° 41' | South |
| Longitude: | 153° 32' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.61 meters/second, 1510.6 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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' 24.3" | 15.64 mi | west | 0° 00' 03.0" | 0.06 mi | south | 15.64 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 24' 24.7" | 938.40 mi | west | 0° 02' 57.1" | 3.39 mi | south | 938.26 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 16' 03.5" | 929.34 mi | east | 0° 33' 14.2" | 38.11 mi | south | 928.50 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 |
|---|
| Papeete | Sun 3:56 AM | 482 km | 299 miles | 260 nm |  ENE |
| Rarotonga | Sun 3:56 AM | 673 km | 418 miles | 364 nm |  WSW |
| Alofi | Sun 2:56 AM | 1722 km | 1070 miles | 930 nm |  W |
| Apia * | Mon 3:56 AM | 2048 km | 1273 miles | 1106 nm |  WNW |
| Fakaofo | Mon 2:56 AM | 2221 km | 1380 miles | 1199 nm | WNW |
| Nukualofa | Mon 2:56 AM | 2265 km | 1408 miles | 1223 nm | W |
| Kiritimati | Mon 3:56 AM | 2420 km | 1504 miles | 1307 nm |  N |
| Adamstown | Sun 5:56 AM | 2482 km | 1542 miles | 1340 nm |  ESE |
| Suva | Mon 1:56 AM | 2956 km | 1837 miles | 1596 nm | W |
| Funafuti | Mon 1:56 AM | 3185 km | 1979 miles | 1720 nm | WNW |
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