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 Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 04:30:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 04:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 16'	South
Longitude:	118° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.01 meters/second, 1540.8 km/hour, 957.4 miles/hour or 832.0 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' 24.8"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 08.5"	0.16 mi	north	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 55.7"	957.30 mi	west	0° 08' 32.4"	9.79 mi	north	957.69 mi
24 hours	13° 38' 30.8"	905.94 mi	east	3° 50' 02.2"	263.61 mi	north	951.32 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	Sat 12:30 PM	857 km	532 miles	463 nm	NE
Raba	Sat 12:30 PM	866 km	538 miles	467 nm	N
Ende	Sat 12:30 PM	881 km	547 miles	476 nm	NNE
Mataram	Sat 12:30 PM	898 km	558 miles	485 nm	NNW
Denpasar	Sat 12:30 PM	923 km	574 miles	499 nm	NNW
Singaraja	Sat 12:30 PM	986 km	613 miles	532 nm	NNW
Malang	Sat 11:30 AM	1124 km	699 miles	607 nm	NW
Dili	Sat 1:30 PM	1132 km	704 miles	611 nm	NE
Surabaya	Sat 11:30 AM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	NNW
Makassar	Sat 12:30 PM	1234 km	767 miles	666 nm	N