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 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 07:06:00 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: 30%

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 Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 07:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 22'	South
Longitude:	139° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.85 meters/second, 1608.7 km/hour, 999.6 miles/hour or 868.6 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' 30.7"	16.66 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	north	16.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.2"	999.57 mi	west	0° 11' 38.3"	13.33 mi	north	999.82 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 38.3"	785.89 mi	east	4° 39' 51.9"	320.52 mi	north	850.70 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
Jayapura	Tue 4:06 PM	340 km	211 miles	183 nm	NNE
Manokwari	Tue 4:06 PM	784 km	487 miles	424 nm	NW
Lae	Tue 5:06 PM	841 km	522 miles	454 nm	E
Port Moresby	Tue 5:06 PM	960 km	596 miles	518 nm	ESE
Darwin	Tue 4:36 PM	1235 km	767 miles	667 nm	SW
Cairns	Tue 5:06 PM	1449 km	900 miles	782 nm	SSE
Melekeok	Tue 4:06 PM	1523 km	947 miles	823 nm	NNW
Dili	Tue 4:06 PM	1580 km	982 miles	853 nm	WSW
Manado	Tue 3:06 PM	1800 km	1118 miles	972 nm	WNW
Gorontalo	Tue 3:06 PM	1942 km	1207 miles	1049 nm	WNW