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 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 02:24:00 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 hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 39'	North
Longitude:	155° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.12 meters/second, 1501.6 km/hour, 933.1 miles/hour or 810.8 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' 30.4"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.1"	932.79 mi	west	0° 00' 51.6"	0.99 mi	north	932.75 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 32.2"	765.89 mi	east	0° 07' 57.4"	9.12 mi	south	766.30 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
Wake Island	Tue 2:24 PM	1162 km	722 miles	627 nm	E
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 12:24 PM	1479 km	919 miles	799 nm	SW
Palikir	Tue 1:24 PM	1649 km	1025 miles	891 nm	S
Yokohama	Tue 11:24 AM	2193 km	1363 miles	1184 nm	NW
Tokyo	Tue 11:24 AM	2208 km	1372 miles	1192 nm	NW
Majuro	Tue 2:24 PM	2305 km	1432 miles	1245 nm	SE
Nagoya	Tue 11:24 AM	2373 km	1475 miles	1281 nm	NW
Kyoto	Tue 11:24 AM	2452 km	1524 miles	1324 nm	NW
Osaka	Tue 11:24 AM	2453 km	1524 miles	1324 nm	NW
Kobe	Tue 11:24 AM	2480 km	1541 miles	1339 nm	NW