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 Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 19:06:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 7%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, June 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 16, 2012 at 19:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 54'	North
Longitude:	139° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.41 meters/second, 1520.7 km/hour, 944.9 miles/hour or 821.1 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' 31.3"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 18.8"	944.65 mi	west	0° 04' 31.7"	5.19 mi	north	944.44 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 50.5"	756.66 mi	east	1° 23' 04.2"	95.25 mi	north	759.28 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
Honolulu	Sat 9:06 AM	1878 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	W
San Francisco *	Sat 12:06 PM	2603 km	1617 miles	1405 nm	NE
San Jose *	Sat 12:06 PM	2604 km	1618 miles	1406 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Sat 12:06 PM	2649 km	1646 miles	1430 nm	NE
Kiritimati	Sun 9:06 AM	2754 km	1711 miles	1487 nm	SW
Las Vegas *	Sat 12:06 PM	3009 km	1870 miles	1625 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Sat 12:06 PM	3093 km	1922 miles	1670 nm	ENE
Phoenix	Sat 12:06 PM	3134 km	1948 miles	1692 nm	NE
Seattle *	Sat 12:06 PM	3459 km	2150 miles	1868 nm	NNE
Salt Lake City *	Sat 1:06 PM	3523 km	2189 miles	1902 nm	NE