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, January 4, 2013 at 18:26:00 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: 54%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, January 4, 2013 at 18:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||7° 09' ||South|
|Longitude: ||166° 05' ||East|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.20 meters/second, 1602.7 km/hour, 995.9 miles/hour or 865.4 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' 30.4"||16.60 mi||west||0° 00' 11.2"||0.22 mi||south||16.60 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 29.1"||995.79 mi||west||0° 11' 18.6"||12.95 mi||south||995.67 mi|
|24 hours||12° 06' 42.5"||831.33 mi||east||4° 21' 58.8"||300.10 mi||south||879.34 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Honiara||Sat 5:26 AM||720 km||447 miles||389 nm|| WSW|
|Yaren||Sat 6:26 AM||738 km||459 miles||399 nm|| N|
|Port Vila||Sat 5:26 AM||1195 km||743 miles||645 nm|| SSE|
|Tarawa||Sat 6:26 AM||1221 km||759 miles||659 nm|| NE|
|Funafuti||Sat 6:26 AM||1457 km||905 miles||787 nm|| E|
|Majuro||Sat 6:26 AM||1681 km||1045 miles||908 nm|| NNE|
|Palikir||Sat 5:26 AM||1787 km||1110 miles||965 nm|| NNW|
|Suva *||Sat 7:26 AM||1808 km||1123 miles||976 nm|| SE|
|Port Moresby||Sat 4:26 AM||2096 km||1302 miles||1132 nm|| W|
|Baker Island||Fri 6:26 AM||2101 km||1305 miles||1134 nm|| ENE|
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