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 18:30:00 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: 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 18:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 11'	South
Longitude:	130° 21'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.73 meters/second, 1568.6 km/hour, 974.7 miles/hour or 847.0 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' 28.1"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	south	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 06.1"	974.55 mi	west	0° 09' 25.1"	10.79 mi	south	974.29 mi
24 hours	13° 01' 18.0"	877.13 mi	east	3° 23' 18.9"	232.99 mi	south	901.17 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 4:00 AM	95 km	59 miles	51 nm	NE
Dili	Sat 3:30 AM	728 km	452 miles	393 nm	NW
Kupang	Sat 2:30 AM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	WNW
Alice Springs	Sat 4:00 AM	1222 km	760 miles	660 nm	SSE
Kendari	Sat 2:30 AM	1333 km	828 miles	720 nm	NW
Manokwari	Sat 3:30 AM	1421 km	883 miles	768 nm	NNE
Makassar	Sat 2:30 AM	1494 km	928 miles	807 nm	NW
Jayapura	Sat 3:30 AM	1638 km	1018 miles	885 nm	NE
Cairns	Sat 4:30 AM	1709 km	1062 miles	923 nm	ESE
Gorontalo	Sat 2:30 AM	1717 km	1067 miles	927 nm	NNW