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, September 21, 2012 at 08:48:00 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: 34%

Previous phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 21, 2012 at 08:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 51'	South
Longitude:	115° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.42 meters/second, 1499.1 km/hour, 931.5 miles/hour or 809.4 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' 24.3"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 02.1"	0.04 mi	south	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 16.9"	931.25 mi	west	0° 02' 06.8"	2.42 mi	south	931.14 mi
24 hours	14° 13' 51.3"	920.02 mi	east	0° 11' 28.6"	13.16 mi	south	919.53 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
Perth	Fri 4:48 PM	1231 km	765 miles	665 nm	S
Denpasar	Fri 4:48 PM	1349 km	838 miles	728 nm	N
Malang	Fri 3:48 PM	1450 km	901 miles	783 nm	N
Surabaya	Fri 3:48 PM	1528 km	950 miles	825 nm	N
Bandung	Fri 3:48 PM	1749 km	1087 miles	944 nm	NNW
Dili	Fri 5:48 PM	1755 km	1090 miles	947 nm	NE
Makassar	Fri 4:48 PM	1796 km	1116 miles	970 nm	NNE
Eucla	Fri 5:33 PM	1810 km	1125 miles	977 nm	SE
Jakarta	Fri 3:48 PM	1866 km	1160 miles	1008 nm	NNW
Darwin	Fri 6:18 PM	1901 km	1181 miles	1027 nm	ENE