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 Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 00:16:00 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: 36%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 00:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 08'	South
Longitude:	99° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.76 meters/second, 1608.3 km/hour, 999.4 miles/hour or 868.4 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' 30.2"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 11.8"	0.23 mi	south	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 13.7"	999.29 mi	west	0° 11' 51.7"	13.59 mi	south	999.23 mi
24 hours	12° 14' 09.2"	843.04 mi	east	4° 38' 59.1"	319.55 mi	south	897.84 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
Bengkulu	Sat 7:16 AM	306 km	190 miles	165 nm	ENE
Padang	Sat 7:16 AM	470 km	292 miles	254 nm	N
Jambi	Sat 7:16 AM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	NE
Palembang	Sat 7:16 AM	595 km	370 miles	321 nm	ENE
Bandar Lampung	Sat 7:16 AM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	E
Pekanbaru	Sat 7:16 AM	651 km	405 miles	352 nm	NNE
Pangkal Pinang	Sat 7:16 AM	771 km	479 miles	417 nm	ENE
Jakarta	Sat 7:16 AM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	E
Bekasi	Sat 7:16 AM	802 km	498 miles	433 nm	E
Singapore	Sat 8:16 AM	838 km	521 miles	452 nm	NNE