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, March 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Monday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Position of the Moon

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

Latitude:	1° 37'	North
Longitude:	159° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.79 meters/second, 1615.6 km/hour, 1003.9 miles/hour or 872.4 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' 31.1"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 05.5"	1003.90 mi	west	0° 11' 36.8"	13.30 mi	north	1003.94 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 06.6"	794.18 mi	east	4° 31' 21.3"	310.77 mi	north	851.23 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
Palikir	Tue 12:34 PM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	NNW
Kolonia	Tue 12:34 PM	616 km	383 miles	332 nm	NNW
Yaren	Tue 1:34 PM	830 km	516 miles	448 nm	ESE
Arawa	Tue 11:34 AM	986 km	613 miles	532 nm	SSW
Honiara	Tue 12:34 PM	1222 km	760 miles	660 nm	S
Majuro	Tue 1:34 PM	1408 km	875 miles	760 nm	ENE
Tarawa	Tue 1:34 PM	1472 km	915 miles	795 nm	E
Port Moresby	Tue 11:34 AM	1856 km	1154 miles	1002 nm	SW
Wake Island	Tue 1:34 PM	2093 km	1300 miles	1130 nm	NNE
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 11:34 AM	2111 km	1312 miles	1140 nm	NW