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.
Change time and date
|< 4 weeks||4 weeks >||March equinox|
|< 1 day||1 day >||June solstice|
|< 12 hours||12 hours >||September equinox|
|< 6 hours||6 hours >||December solstice|
|< 1 hour||1 hour >||Now/Current time|
|< 10 minutes||10 minutes >|
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:12:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 58%
|Previous phase||First Quarter||Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM|
|Next phase||Full Moon||Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 9:28 AM|
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.19 meters/second, 1527.1 km/hour, 948.9 miles/hour or 824.6 knots. The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 31.1"||15.82 mi||west||0° 00' 03.5"||0.07 mi||south||15.82 mi|
|1 hour||14° 31' 10.5"||948.67 mi||west||0° 03' 36.0"||4.13 mi||south||948.85 mi|
|24 hours||11° 28' 47.7"||750.15 mi||east||1° 50' 40.9"||126.88 mi||south||764.80 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Chiang Mai||Wed 7:12 PM||156 km||97 miles||84 nm||ESE|
|Naypyidaw||Wed 6:42 PM||166 km||103 miles||90 nm||WNW|
|Mawlamyine||Wed 6:42 PM||298 km||185 miles||161 nm||S|
|Yangon||Wed 6:42 PM||307 km||191 miles||166 nm||SSW|
|Mandalay||Wed 6:42 PM||346 km||215 miles||187 nm||NNW|
|Nakhon Sawan||Wed 7:12 PM||472 km||293 miles||255 nm||SE|
|Luang Prabang||Wed 7:12 PM||486 km||302 miles||262 nm||E|
|Vientiane||Wed 7:12 PM||549 km||341 miles||296 nm||ESE|
|Dawei||Wed 6:42 PM||570 km||354 miles||308 nm||S|
|Udon Thani||Wed 7:12 PM||587 km||365 miles||317 nm||ESE|
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