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 02:52:00 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 02:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	131° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.90 meters/second, 1493.6 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' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 33.6"	927.86 mi	west	0° 00' 03.1"	0.06 mi	south	927.86 mi
24 hours	15° 16' 56.1"	987.46 mi	east	0° 42' 55.2"	49.21 mi	north	991.01 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 12:22 PM	378 km	235 miles	204 nm	SE
Darwin	Thu 12:22 PM	942 km	585 miles	508 nm	N
Eucla	Thu 11:37 AM	1224 km	760 miles	661 nm	SSW
Dili	Thu 11:52 AM	1520 km	944 miles	821 nm	NNW
Cairns	Thu 12:52 PM	1545 km	960 miles	834 nm	ENE
Adelaide *	Thu 1:22 PM	1692 km	1051 miles	914 nm	SSE
Perth	Thu 10:52 AM	1995 km	1240 miles	1077 nm	SW
Port Moresby	Thu 12:52 PM	2088 km	1298 miles	1128 nm	NE
Makassar	Thu 10:52 AM	2196 km	1364 miles	1186 nm	NW
Denpasar	Thu 10:52 AM	2231 km	1386 miles	1204 nm	NW