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 06:24:00 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 06:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 13'	South
Longitude:	124° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.06 meters/second, 1559.0 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"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 09.5"	0.18 mi	north	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 40.2"	968.63 mi	west	0° 09' 40.5"	11.09 mi	north	969.04 mi
24 hours	12° 53' 35.0"	864.62 mi	east	4° 09' 42.2"	286.09 mi	north	917.51 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 2:24 PM	466 km	289 miles	251 nm	NNW
Suai	Sun 3:24 PM	546 km	339 miles	295 nm	N
Same	Sun 3:24 PM	586 km	364 miles	316 nm	N
Dili	Sun 3:24 PM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	N
Ende	Sun 2:24 PM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	NNW
Darwin	Sun 3:54 PM	691 km	430 miles	373 nm	ENE
Raba	Sun 2:24 PM	912 km	567 miles	492 nm	NW
Kendari	Sun 2:24 PM	1158 km	720 miles	625 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sun 2:24 PM	1160 km	721 miles	627 nm	NNW
Denpasar	Sun 2:24 PM	1203 km	748 miles	650 nm	WNW