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 Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 16:22:00 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: 2%
|Previous phase||New Moon||Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 11:14 AM|
|Next phase||First Quarter||Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 3:40 AM|
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 16:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.49 meters/second, 1546.2 km/hour, 960.7 miles/hour or 834.9 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' 23.8"||16.01 mi||west||0° 00' 08.0"||0.15 mi||north||16.01 mi|
|1 hour||14° 23' 54.6"||960.56 mi||west||0° 08' 07.6"||9.31 mi||north||960.92 mi|
|24 hours||14° 06' 39.7"||941.39 mi||east||3° 40' 59.5"||253.20 mi||north||982.19 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Brasilia *||Thu 2:22 PM||75 km||47 miles||41 nm||SW|
|Anápolis *||Thu 2:22 PM||203 km||126 miles||110 nm||WSW|
|Goiânia *||Thu 2:22 PM||257 km||160 miles||139 nm||SW|
|Barra do Garças||Thu 1:22 PM||529 km||328 miles||285 nm||W|
|Belo Horizonte *||Thu 2:22 PM||612 km||380 miles||331 nm||SE|
|São Paulo *||Thu 2:22 PM||915 km||569 miles||494 nm||S|
|Rio de Janeiro *||Thu 2:22 PM||953 km||592 miles||515 nm||SSE|
|Salvador||Thu 1:22 PM||994 km||618 miles||537 nm||ENE|
|Asuncion *||Thu 1:22 PM||1536 km||955 miles||829 nm||SW|
|Belém||Thu 1:22 PM||1540 km||957 miles||832 nm||N|
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