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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.
Change time and date
| < 4 weeks | 4 weeks > | March equinox | |||
| < 1 day | 1 day > | June solstice | |||
| < 12 hours | 12 hours > | September equinox | |||
| < 6 hours | 6 hours > | December solstice | |||
| < 1 hour | 1 hour > | Now/Current time | |||
| < 10 minutes | 10 minutes > |
Map notes
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 06:20:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth
Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%| Previous phase | Third Quarter | Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM |
| Next phase | New Moon | Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM |
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 06:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:| Latitude: | 9° 43' | South |
| Longitude: | 86° 07' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.09 meters/second, 1587.9 km/hour, 986.7 miles/hour or 857.4 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' 28.1" | 16.44 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.1" | 0.21 mi | north | 16.45 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 28' 11.3" | 986.63 mi | west | 0° 11' 13.7" | 12.86 mi | north | 986.99 mi |
| 24 hours | 12° 26' 27.3" | 848.31 mi | east | 4° 39' 24.9" | 320.04 mi | north | 911.30 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego Garcia | Sun 12:20 PM | 1530 km | 951 miles | 826 nm | |
| Bengkulu | Sun 1:20 PM | 1901 km | 1181 miles | 1026 nm | |
| Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Sun 11:50 AM | 1960 km | 1218 miles | 1058 nm | |
| Colombo | Sun 11:50 AM | 1965 km | 1221 miles | 1061 nm | |
| Male | Sun 11:20 AM | 2076 km | 1290 miles | 1121 nm | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Sun 2:20 PM | 2237 km | 1390 miles | 1208 nm | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Sun 11:50 AM | 2256 km | 1402 miles | 1218 nm | |
| Singapore | Sun 2:20 PM | 2312 km | 1437 miles | 1248 nm | |
| Jakarta | Sun 1:20 PM | 2316 km | 1439 miles | 1251 nm | |
| Madurai | Sun 11:50 AM | 2344 km | 1457 miles | 1266 nm | |
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