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 Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 05:06:00 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: 47%
Position of the Moon
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 05:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||16° 43' ||South|
|Longitude: ||173° 22' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.18 meters/second, 1541.4 km/hour, 957.8 miles/hour or 832.3 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' 27.2"||15.96 mi||west||0° 00' 06.4"||0.13 mi||south||15.96 mi|
|1 hour||14° 27' 08.5"||957.59 mi||west||0° 06' 30.2"||7.45 mi||south||957.35 mi|
|24 hours||13° 27' 53.0"||892.18 mi||east||2° 07' 48.4"||146.50 mi||south||899.01 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Neiafu||Wed 6:06 PM||225 km||140 miles||121 nm|| SSW|
|Salelologa (Savai'i)||Wed 6:06 PM||351 km||218 miles||190 nm|| NNE|
|Pangai||Wed 6:06 PM||359 km||223 miles||194 nm|| SSW|
|Apia||Wed 6:06 PM||361 km||225 miles||195 nm|| NNE|
|Pago Pago||Tue 6:06 PM||393 km||244 miles||212 nm|| NE|
|Alofi||Tue 6:06 PM||448 km||278 miles||242 nm|| SE|
|Mata-Utu||Wed 5:06 PM||483 km||300 miles||261 nm|| NW|
|Nukualofa||Wed 6:06 PM||527 km||327 miles||284 nm|| SSW|
|Fakaofo||Wed 6:06 PM||844 km||525 miles||456 nm|| NNE|
|Suva||Wed 5:06 PM||886 km||551 miles||479 nm|| WSW|
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