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 Monday, December 17, 2012 at 05:20:00 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: 20%

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 Monday, December 17, 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 15'	South
Longitude:	153° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.67 meters/second, 1586.4 km/hour, 985.7 miles/hour or 856.6 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' 28.8"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 49.1"	985.70 mi	west	0° 11' 00.2"	12.60 mi	north	986.07 mi
24 hours	12° 05' 54.0"	823.58 mi	east	4° 32' 34.5"	312.22 mi	north	885.47 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
Arawa	Mon 3:20 PM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	NNE
Port Moresby	Mon 3:20 PM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	W
Honiara	Mon 4:20 PM	762 km	474 miles	412 nm	E
Lae	Mon 3:20 PM	773 km	480 miles	418 nm	WNW
Cairns	Mon 3:20 PM	1079 km	670 miles	583 nm	SW
Jayapura	Mon 2:20 PM	1610 km	1000 miles	869 nm	WNW
Port Vila	Mon 4:20 PM	1843 km	1145 miles	995 nm	ESE
Yaren	Mon 5:20 PM	1873 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	NE
Brisbane	Mon 3:20 PM	1906 km	1184 miles	1029 nm	S
Palikir	Mon 4:20 PM	1982 km	1231 miles	1070 nm	NNE