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 Friday, December 7, 2012 at 23:16:00 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: 36%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, December 7, 2012 at 23:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 4° 56' | South |
| Longitude: | 114° 21' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.93 meters/second, 1608.9 km/hour, 999.7 miles/hour or 868.8 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' 30.2" | 16.66 mi | west | 0° 00' 11.8" | 0.23 mi | south | 16.66 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 17.6" | 999.67 mi | west | 0° 11' 52.4" | 13.60 mi | south | 999.61 mi |
| 24 hours | 12° 12' 22.8" | 841.26 mi | east | 4° 39' 34.6" | 320.23 mi | south | 896.52 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 |
|---|
| Banjarmasin | Sat 7:16 AM | 180 km | 112 miles | 97 nm | N |
| Palangka Raya | Sat 6:16 AM | 305 km | 190 miles | 165 nm | N |
| Surabaya | Sat 6:16 AM | 313 km | 194 miles | 169 nm | SW |
| Singaraja | Sat 7:16 AM | 360 km | 224 miles | 194 nm | SSE |
| Malang | Sat 6:16 AM | 381 km | 237 miles | 206 nm | SSW |
| Kediri | Sat 6:16 AM | 419 km | 260 miles | 226 nm | SW |
| Denpasar | Sat 7:16 AM | 424 km | 263 miles | 229 nm | SSE |
| Madiun | Sat 6:16 AM | 429 km | 267 miles | 232 nm | SW |
| Kudus | Sat 6:16 AM | 442 km | 275 miles | 239 nm | WSW |
| Mataram | Sat 7:16 AM | 447 km | 278 miles | 241 nm | SSE |
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