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, January 26, 2009 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

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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:56 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 26, 2009 at 06:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 12'	South
Longitude:	90° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.72 meters/second, 1529.0 km/hour, 950.1 miles/hour or 825.6 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' 32.2"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 19.0"	949.81 mi	west	0° 10' 06.9"	11.60 mi	north	950.36 mi
24 hours	10° 51' 47.8"	709.79 mi	east	4° 24' 49.2"	303.54 mi	north	780.01 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
Jakarta	Mon 1:06 PM	2275 km	1414 miles	1229 nm	NE
Bandung	Mon 1:06 PM	2288 km	1422 miles	1235 nm	NE
Diego Garcia	Mon 12:06 PM	2364 km	1469 miles	1276 nm	WNW
Singapore	Mon 2:06 PM	2690 km	1672 miles	1453 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Mon 2:06 PM	2754 km	1711 miles	1487 nm	NNE
Perth *	Mon 3:06 PM	2893 km	1798 miles	1562 nm	SE
Denpasar	Mon 2:06 PM	2902 km	1803 miles	1567 nm	ENE
Pontianak	Mon 1:06 PM	2948 km	1832 miles	1592 nm	NE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 11:36 AM	3115 km	1935 miles	1682 nm	NNW
Male	Mon 11:06 AM	3192 km	1984 miles	1724 nm	NW