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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 23:20:00 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.
The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth
Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, January 11, 2013 at 23:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||16° 59' ||South|
|Longitude: ||166° 49' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.24 meters/second, 1534.5 km/hour, 953.5 miles/hour or 828.5 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' 24.5"||15.89 mi||west||0° 00' 07.9"||0.15 mi||north||15.89 mi|
|1 hour||14° 24' 31.2"||953.33 mi||west||0° 07' 59.0"||9.15 mi||north||953.71 mi|
|24 hours||13° 48' 55.6"||914.09 mi||east||3° 38' 59.1"||250.96 mi||north||955.85 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Alofi||Fri 12:20 PM||401 km||249 miles||216 nm|| SW|
|Pago Pago||Fri 12:20 PM||514 km||319 miles||278 nm|| NW|
|Apia *||Sat 1:20 PM||636 km||395 miles||344 nm|| WNW|
|Neiafu||Sat 12:20 PM||782 km||486 miles||423 nm|| WSW|
|Pangai||Sat 12:20 PM||856 km||532 miles||462 nm|| WSW|
|Rarotonga||Fri 1:20 PM||877 km||545 miles||473 nm|| ESE|
|Fakaofo||Sat 12:20 PM||969 km||602 miles||523 nm|| NNW|
|Nukualofa||Sat 12:20 PM||995 km||618 miles||537 nm|| WSW|
|Suva *||Sat 12:20 PM||1572 km||977 miles||849 nm|| W|
|Funafuti||Sat 11:20 AM||1782 km||1107 miles||962 nm|| WNW|
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