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 04:46:00 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 04:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 06'	South
Longitude:	119° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.55 meters/second, 1503.2 km/hour, 934.0 miles/hour or 811.6 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' 22.3"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.08 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 22.5"	933.82 mi	west	0° 04' 01.2"	4.61 mi	north	934.03 mi
24 hours	14° 43' 27.9"	956.64 mi	east	2° 14' 47.6"	154.53 mi	north	975.54 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
Port Hedland	Fri 12:46 PM	120 km	74 miles	65 nm	WSW
Denpasar	Fri 12:46 PM	1353 km	840 miles	730 nm	NNW
Perth	Fri 12:46 PM	1369 km	851 miles	739 nm	SSW
Dili	Fri 1:46 PM	1425 km	885 miles	769 nm	NNE
Darwin	Fri 2:16 PM	1459 km	907 miles	788 nm	NE
Alice Springs	Fri 2:16 PM	1517 km	942 miles	819 nm	ESE
Malang	Fri 11:46 AM	1535 km	954 miles	829 nm	NNW
Eucla	Fri 1:31 PM	1578 km	980 miles	852 nm	SSE
Surabaya	Fri 11:46 AM	1606 km	998 miles	867 nm	NNW
Makassar	Fri 12:46 PM	1655 km	1028 miles	893 nm	N