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 03:46:00 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 03:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 09'	South
Longitude:	134° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.35 meters/second, 1502.4 km/hour, 933.6 miles/hour or 811.3 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' 19.1"	933.37 mi	west	0° 03' 52.3"	4.44 mi	north	933.57 mi
24 hours	14° 45' 15.8"	958.19 mi	east	2° 11' 33.9"	150.83 mi	north	976.38 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 1:16 PM	393 km	244 miles	212 nm	S
Darwin	Fri 1:16 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	NNW
Cairns	Fri 1:46 PM	1286 km	799 miles	694 nm	ENE
Eucla	Fri 12:31 PM	1377 km	856 miles	744 nm	SSW
Dili	Fri 12:46 PM	1576 km	979 miles	851 nm	NW
Adelaide *	Fri 2:16 PM	1697 km	1054 miles	916 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Fri 1:46 PM	1841 km	1144 miles	994 nm	NE
Jayapura	Fri 12:46 PM	2078 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	NNE
Brisbane	Fri 1:46 PM	2091 km	1299 miles	1129 nm	ESE
Manokwari	Fri 12:46 PM	2134 km	1326 miles	1152 nm	N