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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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 19:48:00 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.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 78%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:08 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, January 13, 2012 at 19:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 39'	South
Longitude:	118° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.57 meters/second, 1614.8 km/hour, 1003.4 miles/hour or 871.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 30.2"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 13.3"	0.25 mi	south	16.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 19.6"	1003.36 mi	west	0° 13' 17.8"	15.23 mi	south	1003.45 mi
24 hours	11° 57' 54.4"	827.64 mi	east	5° 16' 35.9"	362.59 mi	south	902.12 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Palu	Sat 3:48 AM	151 km	94 miles	81 nm	E
Samarinda	Sat 3:48 AM	155 km	96 miles	84 nm	W
Balikpapan	Sat 3:48 AM	200 km	125 miles	108 nm	WSW
Mamuju	Sat 3:48 AM	227 km	141 miles	123 nm	S
Makassar	Sat 3:48 AM	506 km	314 miles	273 nm	S
Gorontalo	Sat 3:48 AM	521 km	324 miles	281 nm	ENE
Banjarmasin	Sat 3:48 AM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	SW
Palangka Raya	Sat 2:48 AM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	WSW
Kendari	Sat 3:48 AM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	SE
Bandar Seri Begawan	Sat 3:48 AM	734 km	456 miles	396 nm	NNW