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 14, 2012 at 08:42:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 14, 2012 at 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 49'	South
Longitude:	63° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.39 meters/second, 1506.2 km/hour, 935.9 miles/hour or 813.3 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' 22.6"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	north	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 37.1"	935.72 mi	west	0° 04' 35.7"	5.27 mi	north	935.96 mi
24 hours	14° 36' 05.3"	950.33 mi	east	2° 27' 10.8"	168.73 mi	north	972.09 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
Port Louis	Fri 12:42 PM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Fri 12:42 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	W
Antananarivo	Fri 11:42 AM	1646 km	1023 miles	889 nm	W
Diego Garcia	Fri 2:42 PM	1705 km	1059 miles	920 nm	NE
Victoria	Fri 12:42 PM	1877 km	1166 miles	1014 nm	NNW
Moroni	Fri 11:42 AM	2307 km	1434 miles	1246 nm	WNW
Male	Fri 1:42 PM	2885 km	1793 miles	1558 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Fri 11:42 AM	2953 km	1835 miles	1594 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Fri 11:42 AM	3104 km	1929 miles	1676 nm	NW
Lilongwe	Fri 10:42 AM	3192 km	1984 miles	1724 nm	W