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, March 1, 2013 at 17:40:00 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: 83%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 1, 2013 at 17:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 03'	South
Longitude:	142° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.99 meters/second, 1569.6 km/hour, 975.3 miles/hour or 847.5 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"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 09.0"	975.12 mi	west	0° 09' 28.8"	10.86 mi	south	974.87 mi
24 hours	13° 00' 09.6"	876.31 mi	east	3° 25' 02.1"	234.96 mi	south	900.91 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
Cairns	Sat 3:40 AM	561 km	349 miles	303 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Sat 3:40 AM	656 km	407 miles	354 nm	NE
Lae	Sat 3:40 AM	860 km	534 miles	464 nm	NE
Jayapura	Sat 2:40 AM	1177 km	731 miles	635 nm	N
Darwin	Sat 3:10 AM	1258 km	781 miles	679 nm	W
Alice Springs	Sat 3:10 AM	1484 km	922 miles	801 nm	SW
Manokwari	Sat 2:40 AM	1631 km	1014 miles	881 nm	NW
Dili	Sat 2:40 AM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	WNW
Brisbane	Sat 3:40 AM	1942 km	1207 miles	1049 nm	SSE
Honiara	Sat 4:40 AM	1957 km	1216 miles	1056 nm	E