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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 18:10:00 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 hard to see from earth.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 18:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||14° 11' ||South|
|Longitude: ||78° 24' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.82 meters/second, 1558.2 km/hour, 968.2 miles/hour or 841.3 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' 25.9"||16.14 mi||west||0° 00' 09.7"||0.19 mi||north||16.14 mi|
|1 hour||14° 26' 04.6"||968.10 mi||west||0° 09' 48.2"||11.23 mi||north||968.51 mi|
|24 hours||13° 10' 35.5"||883.74 mi||east||4° 14' 20.7"||291.41 mi||north||937.59 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Lima||Sat 1:10 PM||278 km||173 miles||150 nm|| NNE|
|La Paz||Sat 2:10 PM||1132 km||703 miles||611 nm|| ESE|
|Rio Branco||Sat 2:10 PM||1242 km||772 miles||671 nm|| ENE|
|Guayaquil||Sat 1:10 PM||1334 km||829 miles||721 nm|| N|
|Sucre||Sat 2:10 PM||1500 km||932 miles||810 nm|| ESE|
|Quito||Sat 1:10 PM||1544 km||959 miles||833 nm|| N|
|Galapagos Islands||Sat 12:10 PM||1919 km||1192 miles||1036 nm|| NW|
|Cali||Sat 1:10 PM||1957 km||1216 miles||1056 nm|| N|
|Bogota||Sat 1:10 PM||2136 km||1327 miles||1153 nm|| NNE|
|Santiago *||Sat 3:10 PM||2270 km||1411 miles||1226 nm|| SSE|
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