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 Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 17:40:00 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: 1%
|Previous phase||Third Quarter||Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 11:41 PM|
|Next phase||New Moon||Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 PM|
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, November 2, 2013 at 17:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.40 meters/second, 1574.6 km/hour, 978.4 miles/hour or 850.2 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' 27.9"||16.31 mi||west||0° 00' 09.2"||0.18 mi||south||16.31 mi|
|1 hour||14° 27' 57.7"||978.29 mi||west||0° 09' 14.2"||10.58 mi||south||978.07 mi|
|24 hours||13° 09' 24.7"||889.78 mi||east||3° 21' 37.1"||231.03 mi||south||913.34 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Galapagos Islands||Sat 11:40 AM||1674 km||1040 miles||904 nm||NE|
|Easter Island *||Sat 12:40 PM||1933 km||1201 miles||1044 nm||SSW|
|Guayaquil||Sat 12:40 PM||2448 km||1521 miles||1322 nm||ENE|
|Lima||Sat 12:40 PM||2470 km||1535 miles||1334 nm||E|
|Quito||Sat 12:40 PM||2691 km||1672 miles||1453 nm||ENE|
|San Jose||Sat 11:40 AM||2994 km||1860 miles||1617 nm||NE|
|Managua||Sat 11:40 AM||3072 km||1909 miles||1659 nm||NNE|
|San Salvador||Sat 11:40 AM||3087 km||1918 miles||1667 nm||NNE|
|Guatemala||Sat 11:40 AM||3129 km||1944 miles||1690 nm||NNE|
|Tegucigalpa||Sat 11:40 AM||3213 km||1996 miles||1735 nm||NNE|
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