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 20:42:00 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	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 20:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 33'	South
Longitude:	124° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.15 meters/second, 1498.1 km/hour, 930.9 miles/hour or 808.9 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' 21.8"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	north	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 58.1"	930.68 mi	west	0° 02' 47.7"	3.21 mi	north	930.83 mi
24 hours	14° 56' 57.6"	968.43 mi	east	1° 47' 54.1"	123.71 mi	north	981.77 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
Adamstown	Thu 12:42 PM	771 km	479 miles	416 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Thu 3:42 PM	1695 km	1053 miles	915 nm	ESE
Papeete	Thu 10:42 AM	2668 km	1658 miles	1441 nm	W
Rarotonga	Thu 10:42 AM	3675 km	2283 miles	1984 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Thu 2:42 PM	4363 km	2711 miles	2356 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Fri 10:42 AM	4365 km	2712 miles	2357 nm	WNW
Alofi	Thu 9:42 AM	4758 km	2956 miles	2569 nm	W
Apia *	Fri 10:42 AM	5078 km	3155 miles	2742 nm	W
Lima	Thu 3:42 PM	5130 km	3187 miles	2770 nm	E
Mexico City	Thu 2:42 PM	5208 km	3236 miles	2812 nm	NNE