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 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 08:24:00 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: 86%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 08:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||8° 17' ||North|
|Longitude: ||81° 44' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.04 meters/second, 1602.1 km/hour, 995.5 miles/hour or 865.1 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' 32.4"||16.59 mi||west||0° 00' 10.2"||0.20 mi||south||16.59 mi|
|1 hour||14° 32' 31.8"||995.47 mi||west||0° 10' 21.8"||11.87 mi||south||995.76 mi|
|24 hours||10° 58' 57.0"||751.82 mi||east||4° 19' 09.7"||296.83 mi||south||811.45 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|David||Tue 3:24 AM||79 km||49 miles||42 nm|| WNW|
|Boquete||Tue 3:24 AM||94 km||59 miles||51 nm|| NW|
|Colón||Tue 3:24 AM||233 km||145 miles||126 nm|| ENE|
|Limón||Tue 2:24 AM||237 km||147 miles||128 nm|| NW|
|Panama||Tue 3:24 AM||255 km||159 miles||138 nm|| ENE|
|San Jose||Tue 2:24 AM||316 km||197 miles||171 nm|| NW|
|Alajuela||Tue 2:24 AM||333 km||207 miles||180 nm|| NW|
|Masaya||Tue 2:24 AM||629 km||391 miles||339 nm|| NW|
|Managua||Tue 2:24 AM||655 km||407 miles||353 nm|| NW|
|Medellin||Tue 3:24 AM||713 km||443 miles||385 nm|| ESE|
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