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 03:34:00 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 03:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	North
Longitude:	127° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.59 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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' 30.8"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 03.1"	0.06 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.7"	938.32 mi	west	0° 03' 08.1"	3.60 mi	north	938.16 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 59.8"	760.77 mi	east	0° 48' 02.7"	55.10 mi	north	760.72 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 12:34 PM	591 km	367 miles	319 nm	N
Kaohsiung	Mon 11:34 AM	729 km	453 miles	394 nm	WNW
Taipei	Mon 11:34 AM	738 km	459 miles	399 nm	NW
Baguio City	Mon 11:34 AM	844 km	525 miles	456 nm	SW
Quezon	Mon 11:34 AM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	SW
Manila	Mon 11:34 AM	947 km	588 miles	511 nm	SW
Makati	Mon 11:34 AM	950 km	590 miles	513 nm	SW
Foochow	Mon 11:34 AM	978 km	608 miles	528 nm	NW
Xiamen	Mon 11:34 AM	1010 km	627 miles	545 nm	WNW
Shantou	Mon 11:34 AM	1111 km	690 miles	600 nm	WNW