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 Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 13:52:00 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: 54%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 13:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 5° 05' | North |
| Longitude: | 63° 29' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.18 meters/second, 1613.4 km/hour, 1002.5 miles/hour or 871.2 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' 32.9" | 16.71 mi | west | 0° 00' 10.8" | 0.21 mi | north | 16.71 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 32' 58.6" | 1002.52 mi | west | 0° 10' 51.1" | 12.43 mi | north | 1002.46 mi |
| 24 hours | 10° 46' 13.7" | 742.13 mi | east | 4° 09' 43.5" | 286.03 mi | north | 792.50 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 |
|---|
| Male | Thu 6:52 PM | 1118 km | 694 miles | 603 nm |  E |
| Victoria | Thu 5:52 PM | 1396 km | 867 miles | 754 nm |  SW |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Thu 7:22 PM | 1536 km | 955 miles | 829 nm |  ENE |
| Diego Garcia | Thu 7:52 PM | 1695 km | 1053 miles | 915 nm |  SE |
| Madurai | Thu 7:22 PM | 1701 km | 1057 miles | 919 nm | ENE |
| Bangalore | Thu 7:22 PM | 1776 km | 1103 miles | 959 nm | ENE |
| Colombo | Thu 7:22 PM | 1826 km | 1134 miles | 986 nm | E |
| Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte | Thu 7:22 PM | 1831 km | 1138 miles | 989 nm | E |
| Mumbai | Thu 7:22 PM | 1840 km | 1143 miles | 994 nm |  NNE |
| Pune | Thu 7:22 PM | 1866 km | 1159 miles | 1007 nm |  NE |
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