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 03:36:00 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 hard 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 03:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 10'	South
Longitude:	136° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.31 meters/second, 1502.3 km/hour, 933.5 miles/hour or 811.2 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' 22.3"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	north	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 18.4"	933.30 mi	west	0° 03' 50.7"	4.41 mi	north	933.50 mi
24 hours	14° 45' 33.6"	958.45 mi	east	2° 11' 01.4"	150.21 mi	north	976.52 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
Alice Springs	Fri 1:06 PM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	SW
Darwin	Fri 1:06 PM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	NW
Cairns	Fri 1:36 PM	1046 km	650 miles	565 nm	ENE
Eucla	Fri 12:21 PM	1483 km	921 miles	801 nm	SSW
Adelaide *	Fri 2:06 PM	1650 km	1025 miles	891 nm	S
Port Moresby	Fri 1:36 PM	1653 km	1027 miles	893 nm	NE
Dili	Fri 12:36 PM	1739 km	1081 miles	939 nm	NW
Brisbane	Fri 1:36 PM	1869 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	ESE
Jayapura	Fri 12:36 PM	2004 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	NNE
Canberra *	Fri 2:36 PM	2085 km	1295 miles	1126 nm	SE