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, March 16, 2012 at 23:58:00 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: 30%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 23:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 23'	South
Longitude:	117° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.83 meters/second, 1529.4 km/hour, 950.3 miles/hour or 825.8 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' 28.2"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 07.1"	0.14 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 20.3"	950.15 mi	west	0° 07' 09.3"	8.20 mi	north	950.51 mi
24 hours	12° 19' 24.9"	809.14 mi	east	3° 15' 40.3"	224.27 mi	north	846.55 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
Port Hedland	Sat 7:58 AM	243 km	151 miles	131 nm	SSE
Denpasar	Sat 7:58 AM	1101 km	684 miles	595 nm	NNW
Malang	Sat 6:58 AM	1259 km	782 miles	680 nm	NNW
Surabaya	Sat 6:58 AM	1332 km	828 miles	719 nm	NNW
Dili	Sat 8:58 AM	1395 km	867 miles	753 nm	NE
Surakarta	Sat 6:58 AM	1399 km	869 miles	755 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sat 7:58 AM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	N
Perth	Sat 7:58 AM	1513 km	940 miles	817 nm	S
Darwin	Sat 9:28 AM	1575 km	979 miles	851 nm	ENE
Bandung	Sat 6:58 AM	1659 km	1031 miles	896 nm	NW