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 06:20:00 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

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 06:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 01'	South
Longitude:	92° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.65 meters/second, 1543.1 km/hour, 958.9 miles/hour or 833.2 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' 25.0"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 04.6"	958.73 mi	west	0° 08' 43.5"	10.00 mi	north	959.13 mi
24 hours	13° 34' 46.8"	903.01 mi	east	3° 53' 43.0"	267.81 mi	north	949.62 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
Bantam	Sat 12:50 PM	657 km	409 miles	355 nm	NE
Bengkulu	Sat 1:20 PM	1736 km	1079 miles	938 nm	NE
Jakarta	Sat 1:20 PM	1923 km	1195 miles	1038 nm	ENE
Bandung	Sat 1:20 PM	1948 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	ENE
Palembang	Sat 1:20 PM	1984 km	1233 miles	1072 nm	NE
Singapore	Sat 2:20 PM	2296 km	1427 miles	1240 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Sat 2:20 PM	2357 km	1464 miles	1273 nm	NNE
Diego Garcia	Sat 12:20 PM	2369 km	1472 miles	1279 nm	WNW
Surabaya	Sat 1:20 PM	2428 km	1508 miles	1311 nm	ENE
Pontianak	Sat 1:20 PM	2575 km	1600 miles	1390 nm	NE