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 07:44:00 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 07:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 29'	South
Longitude:	91° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.06 meters/second, 1530.2 km/hour, 950.8 miles/hour or 826.3 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' 24.3"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 28.5"	950.69 mi	west	0° 07' 33.3"	8.66 mi	north	951.06 mi
24 hours	13° 46' 03.6"	908.46 mi	east	3° 28' 43.9"	239.22 mi	north	947.25 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
Bengkulu	Sat 2:44 PM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	NE
Jakarta	Sat 2:44 PM	2069 km	1286 miles	1117 nm	NE
Bandung	Sat 2:44 PM	2087 km	1297 miles	1127 nm	ENE
Diego Garcia	Sat 1:44 PM	2374 km	1475 miles	1282 nm	WNW
Singapore	Sat 3:44 PM	2468 km	1533 miles	1332 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 3:44 PM	2532 km	1573 miles	1367 nm	NNE
Surabaya	Sat 2:44 PM	2550 km	1585 miles	1377 nm	ENE
Denpasar	Sat 3:44 PM	2730 km	1696 miles	1474 nm	ENE
Pontianak	Sat 2:44 PM	2733 km	1698 miles	1476 nm	NE
Perth	Sat 3:44 PM	2912 km	1810 miles	1572 nm	SE