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 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 01:52:00 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: 22%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 01:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 1° 01' | North |
| Longitude: | 152° 52' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.13 meters/second, 1616.9 km/hour, 1004.7 miles/hour or 873.0 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' 31.5" | 16.74 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.6" | 0.22 mi | north | 16.75 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 33.0" | 1004.67 mi | west | 0° 11' 44.2" | 13.44 mi | north | 1004.73 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 13' 44.1" | 776.64 mi | east | 4° 33' 48.1" | 313.57 mi | north | 836.29 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 | Wed 3:52 PM | 505 km | 314 miles | 273 nm |  W |
| Papeete | Tue 3:52 PM | 2084 km | 1295 miles | 1125 nm |  S |
| Honolulu | Tue 3:52 PM | 2309 km | 1435 miles | 1247 nm |  NNW |
| Fakaofo | Wed 2:52 PM | 2338 km | 1453 miles | 1262 nm |  WSW |
| Rarotonga | Tue 3:52 PM | 2574 km | 1600 miles | 1390 nm |  SSW |
| Baker Island | Tue 1:52 PM | 2629 km | 1634 miles | 1420 nm | W |
| Apia * | Wed 3:52 PM | 2654 km | 1649 miles | 1433 nm |  SW |
| Alofi | Tue 2:52 PM | 2899 km | 1801 miles | 1565 nm | SW |
| Funafuti | Wed 1:52 PM | 3272 km | 2033 miles | 1767 nm | WSW |
| Nukualofa | Wed 2:52 PM | 3451 km | 2144 miles | 1863 nm | SW |
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