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 07:42:00 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: 2%

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 07:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 53'	South
Longitude:	77° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.17 meters/second, 1505.4 km/hour, 935.4 miles/hour or 812.9 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' 22.5"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 33.3"	935.22 mi	west	0° 04' 27.0"	5.10 mi	north	935.45 mi
24 hours	14° 38' 00.5"	951.96 mi	east	2° 24' 04.8"	165.17 mi	north	972.99 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
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:42 PM	1495 km	929 miles	807 nm	NNW
Port Louis	Fri 11:42 AM	2096 km	1302 miles	1132 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:42 AM	2306 km	1433 miles	1245 nm	W
Male	Fri 12:42 PM	2698 km	1676 miles	1457 nm	N
Victoria	Fri 11:42 AM	2930 km	1820 miles	1582 nm	WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 1:12 PM	2973 km	1847 miles	1605 nm	N
Antananarivo	Fri 10:42 AM	3151 km	1958 miles	1701 nm	W
Port-aux-Francais	Fri 12:42 PM	3333 km	2071 miles	1800 nm	S
Jakarta	Fri 2:42 PM	3512 km	2182 miles	1896 nm	ENE
Bangalore	Fri 1:12 PM	3635 km	2258 miles	1962 nm	N