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 Monday, December 10, 2012 at 02:44:00 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: 15%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, December 10, 2012 at 02:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 14° 26' | South |
| Longitude: | 89° 30' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.38 meters/second, 1556.6 km/hour, 967.2 miles/hour or 840.5 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' 26.1" | 16.12 mi | west | 0° 00' 09.5" | 0.18 mi | south | 16.12 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 26' 01.5" | 966.99 mi | west | 0° 09' 36.4" | 11.01 mi | south | 966.71 mi |
| 24 hours | 14° 01' 10.2" | 939.25 mi | east | 3° 24' 18.0" | 234.15 mi | south | 960.47 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 | Mon 9:44 AM | 1829 km | 1136 miles | 988 nm | NE |
| Diego Garcia | Mon 8:44 AM | 2025 km | 1258 miles | 1094 nm | WNW |
| Jakarta | Mon 9:44 AM | 2104 km | 1308 miles | 1136 nm | ENE |
| Bandung | Mon 9:44 AM | 2146 km | 1333 miles | 1159 nm | ENE |
| Singapore | Mon 10:44 AM | 2350 km | 1460 miles | 1269 nm | NE |
| Kuala Lumpur | Mon 10:44 AM | 2363 km | 1468 miles | 1276 nm | NE |
| Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Mon 8:14 AM | 2585 km | 1606 miles | 1396 nm | NNW |
| Colombo | Mon 8:14 AM | 2590 km | 1609 miles | 1398 nm | NNW |
| Surabaya | Mon 9:44 AM | 2660 km | 1653 miles | 1436 nm | ENE |
| Pontianak | Mon 9:44 AM | 2704 km | 1680 miles | 1460 nm | NE |
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