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 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 01:34:00 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: 4%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 01:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 12'	South
Longitude:	179° 39'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.58 meters/second, 1614.9 km/hour, 1003.4 miles/hour or 872.0 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' 30.4"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 32.3"	1003.44 mi	west	0° 12' 00.1"	13.75 mi	north	1003.57 mi
24 hours	348° 22' 55.0"	803.51 mi	west	4° 43' 23.6"	324.55 mi	north	866.38 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
Baker Island	Mon 1:34 PM	458 km	285 miles	247 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Tue 1:34 PM	794 km	494 miles	429 nm	WNW
Funafuti	Tue 1:34 PM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	S
Majuro	Tue 1:34 PM	1316 km	818 miles	711 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Tue 2:34 PM	1355 km	842 miles	732 nm	SE
Yaren	Tue 1:34 PM	1419 km	882 miles	766 nm	W
Apia *	Tue 3:34 PM	1687 km	1048 miles	911 nm	SSE
Suva	Tue 1:34 PM	1878 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	S
Port Vila	Tue 12:34 PM	2209 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	SSW
Nukualofa	Tue 2:34 PM	2275 km	1414 miles	1228 nm	SSE