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 06:42:00 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 06:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 55'	South
Longitude:	76° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.94 meters/second, 1493.8 km/hour, 928.2 miles/hour or 806.6 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 35.1"	927.96 mi	west	0° 00' 34.0"	0.65 mi	north	927.99 mi
24 hours	15° 13' 56.2"	984.31 mi	east	0° 57' 22.7"	65.79 mi	north	989.58 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
Diego Garcia	Thu 12:42 PM	1572 km	977 miles	849 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Thu 10:42 AM	2001 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Thu 10:42 AM	2207 km	1371 miles	1192 nm	W
Male	Thu 11:42 AM	2797 km	1738 miles	1510 nm	N
Victoria	Thu 10:42 AM	2919 km	1814 miles	1576 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Thu 9:42 AM	3057 km	1900 miles	1651 nm	W
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 12:12 PM	3096 km	1924 miles	1672 nm	N
Port-aux-Francais	Thu 11:42 AM	3206 km	1992 miles	1731 nm	S
Jakarta	Thu 1:42 PM	3638 km	2260 miles	1964 nm	ENE
Moroni	Thu 9:42 AM	3701 km	2300 miles	1998 nm	W