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 Friday, January 4, 2013 at 17:40:00 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: 55%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 4, 2013 at 17:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 01'	South
Longitude:	177° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.36 meters/second, 1603.3 km/hour, 996.2 miles/hour or 865.7 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' 30.6"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 31.8"	996.16 mi	west	0° 11' 19.8"	12.98 mi	south	996.04 mi
24 hours	347° 54' 33.4"	830.14 mi	west	4° 22' 40.8"	300.90 mi	south	878.57 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
Funafuti	Sat 5:40 AM	278 km	173 miles	150 nm	SE
Tarawa	Sat 5:40 AM	1042 km	648 miles	563 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Fri 5:40 AM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	NE
Suva *	Sat 6:40 AM	1238 km	769 miles	668 nm	S
Fakaofo	Sat 6:40 AM	1301 km	808 miles	702 nm	ESE
Yaren	Sat 5:40 AM	1348 km	838 miles	728 nm	WNW
Apia *	Sat 7:40 AM	1423 km	884 miles	768 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sat 4:40 AM	1529 km	950 miles	825 nm	SW
Majuro	Sat 5:40 AM	1702 km	1058 miles	919 nm	NNW
Nukualofa	Sat 6:40 AM	1762 km	1095 miles	951 nm	SSE