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 Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:46:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
This phase	New Moon	Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 39'	North
Longitude:	177° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.23 meters/second, 1512.8 km/hour, 940.0 miles/hour or 816.9 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' 30.9"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 03.4"	0.07 mi	north	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.3"	939.76 mi	west	0° 03' 29.9"	4.01 mi	north	939.59 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 52.3"	759.55 mi	east	0° 57' 05.6"	65.47 mi	north	759.97 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
Midway	Sun 12:46 PM	839 km	521 miles	453 nm	N
Wake Island	Mon 11:46 AM	1641 km	1020 miles	886 nm	W
Majuro	Mon 11:46 AM	1911 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	SW
Honolulu	Sun 1:46 PM	2067 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	E
Baker Island	Sun 11:46 AM	2266 km	1408 miles	1224 nm	S
Tarawa	Mon 11:46 AM	2353 km	1462 miles	1271 nm	SSW
Yaren	Mon 11:46 AM	2878 km	1788 miles	1554 nm	SW
Palikir	Mon 10:46 AM	3009 km	1870 miles	1625 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Mon 1:46 PM	3038 km	1887 miles	1640 nm	SE
Funafuti	Mon 11:46 AM	3243 km	2015 miles	1751 nm	S