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, December 8, 2012 at 00:06:00 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: 36%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 00:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 06'	South
Longitude:	102° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.79 meters/second, 1608.4 km/hour, 999.4 miles/hour or 868.5 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' 14.3"	999.36 mi	west	0° 11' 51.8"	13.59 mi	south	999.29 mi
24 hours	12° 13' 51.5"	842.74 mi	east	4° 39' 05.1"	319.67 mi	south	897.62 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
Bengkulu	Sat 7:06 AM	145 km	90 miles	78 nm	N
Bandar Lampung	Sat 7:06 AM	334 km	207 miles	180 nm	E
Palembang	Sat 7:06 AM	363 km	225 miles	196 nm	NE
Jambi	Sat 7:06 AM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	NNE
Serang	Sat 7:06 AM	446 km	277 miles	241 nm	ESE
Padang	Sat 7:06 AM	509 km	316 miles	275 nm	NNW
Jakarta	Sat 7:06 AM	517 km	321 miles	279 nm	ESE
Bogor	Sat 7:06 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	ESE
Bekasi	Sat 7:06 AM	539 km	335 miles	291 nm	ESE
Pangkal Pinang	Sat 7:06 AM	539 km	335 miles	291 nm	NE