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 03:42:00 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 03:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	119° 45'	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' 00.0"	0.00 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 33.7"	927.86 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.09 mi	north	927.87 mi
24 hours	15° 16' 21.0"	986.82 mi	east	0° 46' 04.7"	52.84 mi	north	990.73 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
Port Hedland	Thu 11:42 AM	141 km	87 miles	76 nm	WNW
Perth	Thu 11:42 AM	1282 km	796 miles	692 nm	SSW
Denpasar	Thu 11:42 AM	1441 km	896 miles	778 nm	NNW
Alice Springs	Thu 1:12 PM	1485 km	923 miles	802 nm	ESE
Eucla	Thu 12:27 PM	1498 km	931 miles	809 nm	SE
Dili	Thu 12:42 PM	1505 km	935 miles	813 nm	NNE
Darwin	Thu 1:12 PM	1507 km	937 miles	814 nm	NE
Malang	Thu 10:42 AM	1619 km	1006 miles	874 nm	NNW
Surabaya	Thu 10:42 AM	1690 km	1050 miles	913 nm	NNW
Makassar	Thu 11:42 AM	1747 km	1086 miles	944 nm	N