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 18:30:00 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: 54%

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 18:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 10'	South
Longitude:	165° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.19 meters/second, 1602.7 km/hour, 995.9 miles/hour or 865.4 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' 30.5"	16.60 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.60 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 28.8"	995.76 mi	west	0° 11' 18.5"	12.95 mi	south	995.64 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 49.3"	831.44 mi	east	4° 21' 55.0"	300.03 mi	south	879.41 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
Honiara	Sat 5:30 AM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	WSW
Yaren	Sat 6:30 AM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	NNE
Port Vila	Sat 5:30 AM	1219 km	758 miles	658 nm	SSE
Tarawa	Sat 6:30 AM	1292 km	803 miles	698 nm	NE
Funafuti	Sat 6:30 AM	1563 km	971 miles	844 nm	E
Majuro	Sat 6:30 AM	1722 km	1070 miles	930 nm	NNE
Palikir	Sat 5:30 AM	1738 km	1080 miles	938 nm	NNW
Suva *	Sat 7:30 AM	1886 km	1172 miles	1018 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 4:30 AM	1990 km	1237 miles	1075 nm	W
Baker Island	Fri 6:30 AM	2201 km	1367 miles	1188 nm	ENE