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 Monday, May 21, 2012 at 03:24:00 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	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 Monday, May 21, 2012 at 03:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 51'	North
Longitude:	129° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.62 meters/second, 1510.6 km/hour, 938.7 miles/hour or 815.7 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"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.1"	938.38 mi	west	0° 03' 09.2"	3.62 mi	north	938.22 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 54.6"	760.72 mi	east	0° 48' 26.8"	55.55 mi	north	760.69 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
Naha	Mon 12:24 PM	619 km	384 miles	334 nm	NNW
Taipei	Mon 11:24 AM	944 km	587 miles	510 nm	WNW
Kaohsiung	Mon 11:24 AM	968 km	602 miles	523 nm	WNW
Quezon	Mon 11:24 AM	1126 km	700 miles	608 nm	SW
Manila	Mon 11:24 AM	1137 km	706 miles	614 nm	SW
Foochow	Mon 11:24 AM	1188 km	738 miles	641 nm	WNW
Kagoshima	Mon 12:24 PM	1194 km	742 miles	645 nm	N
Xiamen	Mon 11:24 AM	1242 km	772 miles	671 nm	WNW
Kumamoto	Mon 12:24 PM	1330 km	826 miles	718 nm	N
Shantou	Mon 11:24 AM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	WNW