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 Friday, December 14, 2012 at 01:24:00 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: 1%

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 Friday, December 14, 2012 at 01:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 18'	South
Longitude:	168° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.90 meters/second, 1500.9 km/hour, 932.6 miles/hour or 810.4 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' 22.1"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 03.3"	0.07 mi	north	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 11.4"	932.38 mi	west	0° 03' 31.0"	4.03 mi	north	932.56 mi
24 hours	345° 10' 36.9"	961.77 mi	west	2° 03' 48.0"	141.93 mi	north	978.29 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
Noumea	Fri 12:24 PM	276 km	171 miles	149 nm	SW
Port Vila	Fri 12:24 PM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	N
Kingston	Fri 12:54 PM	969 km	602 miles	523 nm	S
Nadi *	Fri 2:24 PM	1021 km	634 miles	551 nm	ENE
Suva *	Fri 2:24 PM	1114 km	692 miles	601 nm	E
Honiara	Fri 12:24 PM	1486 km	923 miles	802 nm	NW
Brisbane	Fri 11:24 AM	1725 km	1072 miles	931 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Fri 2:24 PM	1743 km	1083 miles	941 nm	E
Funafuti	Fri 1:24 PM	1771 km	1100 miles	956 nm	NE
Auckland *	Fri 2:24 PM	1946 km	1209 miles	1051 nm	SSE