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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 06:20:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 6%

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 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 06:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 39'	South
Longitude:	111° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.60 meters/second, 1528.5 km/hour, 949.8 miles/hour or 825.3 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' 24.2"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 20.9"	949.64 mi	west	0° 07' 23.8"	8.48 mi	north	950.00 mi
24 hours	13° 49' 18.3"	911.16 mi	east	3° 25' 33.6"	235.59 mi	north	948.95 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
Denpasar	Sat 2:20 PM	1060 km	658 miles	572 nm	NNE
Malang	Sat 1:20 PM	1075 km	668 miles	580 nm	N
Surakarta	Sat 1:20 PM	1126 km	699 miles	608 nm	N
Surabaya	Sat 1:20 PM	1154 km	717 miles	623 nm	N
Semarang	Sat 1:20 PM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	N
Bandung	Sat 1:20 PM	1274 km	792 miles	688 nm	NNW
Jakarta	Sat 1:20 PM	1387 km	862 miles	749 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sat 2:20 PM	1611 km	1001 miles	870 nm	NNE
Perth	Sat 2:20 PM	1634 km	1015 miles	882 nm	SSE
Dili	Sat 3:20 PM	1795 km	1115 miles	969 nm	ENE