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 04:36:00 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 04:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	106° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.91 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' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 33.9"	927.87 mi	west	0° 00' 13.7"	0.26 mi	north	927.89 mi
24 hours	15° 15' 40.5"	986.10 mi	east	0° 49' 28.8"	56.74 mi	north	990.40 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
Perth	Thu 12:36 PM	1516 km	942 miles	818 nm	SE
Bandung	Thu 11:36 AM	1552 km	964 miles	838 nm	N
Malang	Thu 11:36 AM	1567 km	974 miles	846 nm	NNE
Denpasar	Thu 12:36 PM	1629 km	1012 miles	880 nm	NE
Jakarta	Thu 11:36 AM	1636 km	1017 miles	883 nm	N
Surabaya	Thu 11:36 AM	1640 km	1019 miles	886 nm	NNE
Bengkulu	Thu 11:36 AM	1959 km	1218 miles	1058 nm	NNW
Makassar	Thu 12:36 PM	2214 km	1375 miles	1195 nm	NE
Pontianak	Thu 11:36 AM	2328 km	1447 miles	1257 nm	N
Balikpapan	Thu 12:36 PM	2433 km	1512 miles	1314 nm	NNE