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 Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 14:32:00 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: 79%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 14:32:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 29'	South
Longitude:	86° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.79 meters/second, 1568.8 km/hour, 974.8 miles/hour or 847.1 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' 29.3"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 23.1"	974.73 mi	west	0° 09' 31.2"	10.91 mi	north	975.11 mi
24 hours	11° 57' 47.1"	804.80 mi	east	4° 04' 09.1"	279.72 mi	north	857.82 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
Diego Garcia	Tue 8:32 PM	1684 km	1047 miles	909 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Tue 8:02 PM	2368 km	1471 miles	1278 nm	NNW
Jakarta	Tue 9:32 PM	2371 km	1473 miles	1280 nm	ENE
Colombo	Tue 8:02 PM	2372 km	1474 miles	1281 nm	NNW
Bandung	Tue 9:32 PM	2423 km	1506 miles	1308 nm	ENE
Male	Tue 7:32 PM	2424 km	1506 miles	1309 nm	NW
Kuala Lumpur	Tue 10:32 PM	2490 km	1547 miles	1344 nm	NE
Singapore	Tue 10:32 PM	2518 km	1564 miles	1359 nm	NE
Pontianak	Tue 9:32 PM	2927 km	1818 miles	1580 nm	ENE
Bangalore	Tue 8:02 PM	3088 km	1919 miles	1667 nm	NNW