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, February 13, 2013 at 02:44:00 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: 10%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 02:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 3° 45' | North |
| Longitude: | 174° 19' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.16 meters/second, 1613.4 km/hour, 1002.5 miles/hour or 871.1 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' 31.3" | 16.71 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.5" | 0.22 mi | north | 16.71 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 22.1" | 1002.48 mi | west | 0° 11' 27.6" | 13.12 mi | north | 1002.46 mi |
| 24 hours | 348° 38' 19.5" | 784.25 mi | west | 4° 24' 02.8" | 302.42 mi | north | 837.99 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 |
|---|
| Tarawa | Wed 2:44 PM | 296 km | 184 miles | 160 nm | SSW |
| Majuro | Wed 2:44 PM | 511 km | 318 miles | 276 nm | NW |
| Yaren | Wed 2:44 PM | 950 km | 590 miles | 513 nm | WSW |
| Baker Island | Tue 2:44 PM | 1096 km | 681 miles | 592 nm | ESE |
| Funafuti | Wed 2:44 PM | 1461 km | 908 miles | 789 nm | SSE |
| Palikir | Wed 1:44 PM | 1824 km | 1134 miles | 985 nm | WNW |
| Wake Island | Wed 2:44 PM | 1911 km | 1187 miles | 1032 nm | NNW |
| Honiara | Wed 1:44 PM | 2159 km | 1342 miles | 1166 nm | SW |
| Fakaofo | Wed 3:44 PM | 2161 km | 1343 miles | 1167 nm | SE |
| Suva | Wed 2:44 PM | 2462 km | 1530 miles | 1329 nm | S |
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