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, February 1, 2013 at 19:30:00 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: 69%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, February 1, 2013 at 19:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 10° 30' | South |
| Longitude: | 133° 06' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.76 meters/second, 1586.7 km/hour, 986.0 miles/hour or 856.8 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' 29.5" | 16.43 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.5" | 0.20 mi | south | 16.43 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 29' 35.5" | 985.83 mi | west | 0° 10' 26.2" | 11.96 mi | south | 985.63 mi |
| 24 hours | 12° 27' 12.5" | 847.11 mi | east | 3° 54' 14.5" | 268.38 mi | south | 882.88 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 |
|---|
| Darwin | Sat 5:00 AM | 329 km | 204 miles | 177 nm | SW |
| Same | Sat 4:30 AM | 834 km | 518 miles | 450 nm | W |
| Dili | Sat 4:30 AM | 853 km | 530 miles | 460 nm | WNW |
| Suai | Sat 4:30 AM | 870 km | 540 miles | 470 nm | W |
| Ambon | Sat 4:30 AM | 927 km | 576 miles | 501 nm | NW |
| Manokwari | Sat 4:30 AM | 1070 km | 665 miles | 578 nm | N |
| Jayapura | Sat 4:30 AM | 1217 km | 756 miles | 657 nm | NE |
| Kendari | Sat 3:30 AM | 1372 km | 852 miles | 741 nm | WNW |
| Alice Springs | Sat 5:00 AM | 1464 km | 910 miles | 791 nm | S |
| Cairns | Sat 5:30 AM | 1544 km | 960 miles | 834 nm | ESE |
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