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 06:30:00 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

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 06:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 38'	South
Longitude:	109° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.65 meters/second, 1528.7 km/hour, 949.9 miles/hour or 825.5 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' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 21.8"	949.77 mi	west	0° 07' 25.0"	8.50 mi	north	950.13 mi
24 hours	13° 48' 55.1"	910.84 mi	east	3° 25' 56.5"	236.03 mi	north	948.74 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
The Settlement	Sat 1:30 PM	889 km	553 miles	480 nm	NNW
Malang	Sat 1:30 PM	1126 km	700 miles	608 nm	NNE
Surakarta	Sat 1:30 PM	1128 km	701 miles	609 nm	N
Denpasar	Sat 2:30 PM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	NNE
Semarang	Sat 1:30 PM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	N
Surabaya	Sat 1:30 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	NNE
Bandung	Sat 1:30 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	N
Jakarta	Sat 1:30 PM	1304 km	810 miles	704 nm	NNW
Palembang	Sat 1:30 PM	1700 km	1056 miles	918 nm	NNW
Perth	Sat 2:30 PM	1712 km	1064 miles	924 nm	SSE