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 Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 18:34:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

Previous phase	New Moon	Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 18:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 55'	North
Longitude:	83° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.03 meters/second, 1562.5 km/hour, 970.9 miles/hour or 843.7 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' 31.3"	16.18 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	16.18 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 17.7"	970.75 mi	west	0° 07' 20.7"	8.42 mi	north	970.51 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 24.3"	771.49 mi	east	2° 34' 19.2"	176.87 mi	north	786.76 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
La Ceiba	Thu 12:34 PM	348 km	216 miles	188 nm	WNW
Tegucigalpa	Thu 12:34 PM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	WSW
Managua	Thu 12:34 PM	414 km	257 miles	224 nm	SW
Masaya	Thu 12:34 PM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	SW
Choloma	Thu 12:34 PM	465 km	289 miles	251 nm	W
San Miguel	Thu 12:34 PM	510 km	317 miles	276 nm	WSW
Alajuela	Thu 12:34 PM	545 km	338 miles	294 nm	S
George Town (Cayman)	Thu 1:34 PM	547 km	340 miles	295 nm	NNE
San Jose	Thu 12:34 PM	553 km	343 miles	298 nm	S
Belize City	Thu 12:34 PM	561 km	348 miles	303 nm	WNW