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 05:20:00 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 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 56'	South
Longitude:	96° 18'	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' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 34.4"	927.90 mi	west	0° 00' 20.7"	0.40 mi	north	927.91 mi
24 hours	15° 15' 05.6"	985.49 mi	east	0° 52' 14.7"	59.91 mi	north	990.13 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
Bandung	Thu 12:20 PM	1971 km	1225 miles	1064 nm	NE
Jakarta	Thu 12:20 PM	1990 km	1237 miles	1075 nm	NE
Perth	Thu 1:20 PM	2295 km	1426 miles	1239 nm	SE
Surabaya	Thu 12:20 PM	2328 km	1446 miles	1257 nm	NE
Denpasar	Thu 1:20 PM	2444 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	ENE
Singapore	Thu 1:20 PM	2591 km	1610 miles	1399 nm	NNE
Pontianak	Thu 12:20 PM	2712 km	1685 miles	1465 nm	NNE
Kuala Lumpur	Thu 1:20 PM	2726 km	1694 miles	1472 nm	NNE
Diego Garcia	Thu 11:20 AM	2978 km	1851 miles	1608 nm	WNW
Makassar	Thu 1:20 PM	3047 km	1893 miles	1645 nm	ENE