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, May 17, 2013 at 04:34:00 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: 40%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, May 17, 2013 at 04:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||11° 16' ||North|
|Longitude: ||167° 52' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.24 meters/second, 1588.5 km/hour, 987.0 miles/hour or 857.7 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' 32.7"||16.45 mi||west||0° 00' 08.7"||0.17 mi||south||16.45 mi|
|1 hour||14° 32' 48.7"||986.95 mi||west||0° 08' 49.8"||10.12 mi||south||987.25 mi|
|24 hours||10° 51' 53.2"||737.17 mi||east||3° 46' 14.3"||259.16 mi||south||785.42 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Honolulu||Thu 6:34 PM||1542 km||958 miles||833 nm|| NE|
|Baker Island||Thu 4:34 PM||1550 km||963 miles||837 nm|| SW|
|Kiritimati||Fri 6:34 PM||1560 km||969 miles||842 nm|| SE|
|Midway||Thu 5:34 PM||2123 km||1319 miles||1146 nm|| NNW|
|Fakaofo||Fri 5:34 PM||2311 km||1436 miles||1248 nm|| S|
|Majuro||Fri 4:34 PM||2344 km||1457 miles||1266 nm|| W|
|Tarawa||Fri 4:34 PM||2378 km||1478 miles||1284 nm|| WSW|
|Funafuti||Fri 4:34 PM||2613 km||1624 miles||1411 nm|| SSW|
|Apia||Fri 5:34 PM||2808 km||1745 miles||1516 nm|| S|
|Wake Island||Fri 4:34 PM||2874 km||1786 miles||1552 nm|| WNW|
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