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 Monday, April 8, 2013 at 19:50:00 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: 3%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 4:37 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 8, 2013 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 39'	North
Longitude:	136° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.38 meters/second, 1614.2 km/hour, 1003.0 miles/hour or 871.6 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' 31.6"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 42.5"	1002.98 mi	west	0° 11' 06.1"	12.71 mi	north	1002.95 mi
24 hours	11° 17' 51.2"	779.93 mi	east	4° 17' 28.0"	294.89 mi	north	831.39 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
Kiritimati	Tue 9:50 AM	2366 km	1470 miles	1278 nm	W
Papeete	Mon 9:50 AM	2770 km	1721 miles	1496 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Mon 9:50 AM	3057 km	1899 miles	1650 nm	NW
Adamstown	Mon 11:50 AM	3244 km	2016 miles	1751 nm	S
Rarotonga	Mon 9:50 AM	3773 km	2344 miles	2037 nm	SW
Los Angeles *	Mon 12:50 PM	3841 km	2387 miles	2074 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Mon 12:50 PM	3870 km	2405 miles	2089 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Mon 12:50 PM	4027 km	2502 miles	2174 nm	NNE
Phoenix	Mon 12:50 PM	4137 km	2571 miles	2234 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Tue 8:50 AM	4153 km	2580 miles	2242 nm	WSW