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 Sunday, December 16, 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: 12%

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 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 06:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 14'	South
Longitude:	125° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.04 meters/second, 1558.9 km/hour, 968.7 miles/hour or 841.8 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' 26.6"	16.14 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 39.9"	968.58 mi	west	0° 09' 40.3"	11.08 mi	north	968.98 mi
24 hours	12° 53' 44.0"	864.75 mi	east	4° 09' 36.7"	285.99 mi	north	917.61 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
Kupang	Sun 2:20 PM	505 km	314 miles	272 nm	NNW
Darwin	Sun 3:50 PM	592 km	368 miles	320 nm	ENE
Dili	Sun 3:20 PM	625 km	388 miles	337 nm	N
Ende	Sun 2:20 PM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	NW
Raba	Sun 2:20 PM	990 km	615 miles	535 nm	NW
Kendari	Sun 2:20 PM	1186 km	737 miles	640 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sun 2:20 PM	1218 km	757 miles	658 nm	NW
Denpasar	Sun 2:20 PM	1295 km	805 miles	699 nm	WNW
Alice Springs	Sun 3:50 PM	1356 km	843 miles	732 nm	SE
Malang	Sun 1:20 PM	1572 km	977 miles	849 nm	WNW