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 Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 02:42:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 02:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	134° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.90 meters/second, 1493.7 km/hour, 928.1 miles/hour or 806.5 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' 21.6"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 33.5"	927.87 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	south	927.86 mi
24 hours	15° 17' 02.9"	987.58 mi	east	0° 42' 17.3"	48.49 mi	north	991.06 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
Alice Springs	Thu 12:12 PM	308 km	191 miles	166 nm	S
Darwin	Thu 12:12 PM	1000 km	621 miles	540 nm	NNW
Eucla	Thu 11:27 AM	1300 km	808 miles	702 nm	SSW
Cairns	Thu 12:42 PM	1305 km	811 miles	705 nm	ENE
Adelaide *	Thu 1:12 PM	1613 km	1002 miles	871 nm	SSE
Dili	Thu 11:42 AM	1648 km	1024 miles	890 nm	NW
Port Moresby	Thu 12:42 PM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	NE
Brisbane	Thu 12:42 PM	2050 km	1274 miles	1107 nm	ESE
Melbourne *	Thu 1:42 PM	2144 km	1332 miles	1158 nm	SSE
Jayapura	Thu 11:42 AM	2156 km	1340 miles	1164 nm	NNE