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

Latitude:	10° 07'	South
Longitude:	141° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.90 meters/second, 1587.2 km/hour, 986.3 miles/hour or 857.0 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"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 53.0"	986.21 mi	west	0° 11' 02.0"	12.64 mi	north	986.58 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 28.1"	822.32 mi	east	4° 33' 03.2"	312.76 mi	north	884.40 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
Port Moresby	Mon 4:06 PM	579 km	360 miles	313 nm	E
Lae	Mon 4:06 PM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	NE
Jayapura	Mon 3:06 PM	849 km	528 miles	458 nm	N
Cairns	Mon 4:06 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	SSE
Darwin	Mon 3:36 PM	1241 km	771 miles	670 nm	WSW
Manokwari	Mon 3:06 PM	1345 km	836 miles	726 nm	NW
Alice Springs	Mon 3:36 PM	1732 km	1076 miles	935 nm	SSW
Dili	Mon 3:06 PM	1807 km	1123 miles	976 nm	W
Honiara	Mon 5:06 PM	1976 km	1228 miles	1067 nm	E
Melekeok	Mon 3:06 PM	2111 km	1311 miles	1140 nm	NNW