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HTML

<DIV id="positioned">I'm over here</DIV>

CSS

#positioned {
    position: absolute;
    left: 20px;
    top: 20px;
    -webkit-transform: translate(50px, 50px);
    -moz-transform: translate(50px, 50px);
    -o-transform: translate(50px, 50px);
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    var $add = $('<SPAN/>');
    $add.append('div now at (' + $('#positioned').offset().left + ', ' + $('#positioned').offset().top + ')');
    $('#positioned').after($add);

});