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 05:30:00 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 05:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 03'	South
Longitude:	109° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.70 meters/second, 1503.7 km/hour, 934.4 miles/hour or 811.9 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' 22.3"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 04.1"	0.08 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 25.1"	934.16 mi	west	0° 04' 07.6"	4.73 mi	north	934.37 mi
24 hours	14° 42' 07.6"	955.49 mi	east	2° 17' 08.4"	157.22 mi	north	974.92 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
Malang	Fri 12:30 PM	1389 km	863 miles	750 nm	NNE
Surakarta	Fri 12:30 PM	1396 km	867 miles	754 nm	N
Denpasar	Fri 1:30 PM	1419 km	881 miles	766 nm	NNE
Bandung	Fri 12:30 PM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	N
Surabaya	Fri 12:30 PM	1466 km	911 miles	792 nm	NNE
Perth	Fri 1:30 PM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	SSE
Jakarta	Fri 12:30 PM	1559 km	969 miles	842 nm	N
Palembang	Fri 12:30 PM	1946 km	1209 miles	1051 nm	NNW
Bengkulu	Fri 12:30 PM	1948 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	NNW
Makassar	Fri 1:30 PM	1988 km	1235 miles	1073 nm	NE