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, June 19, 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 39'	North
Longitude:	137° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.91 meters/second, 1500.9 km/hour, 932.6 miles/hour or 810.4 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' 29.9"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 58.1"	932.31 mi	west	0° 00' 58.5"	1.12 mi	south	932.37 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 27.9"	773.26 mi	east	0° 52' 30.2"	60.21 mi	south	777.89 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Tue 12:24 PM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	SE
Kagoshima	Tue 11:24 AM	1315 km	817 miles	710 nm	NNW
Kumamoto	Tue 11:24 AM	1419 km	882 miles	766 nm	NNW
Matsuyama	Tue 11:24 AM	1438 km	893 miles	776 nm	NNW
Hamamatsu	Tue 11:24 AM	1447 km	899 miles	781 nm	N
Osaka	Tue 11:24 AM	1459 km	907 miles	788 nm	N
Kobe	Tue 11:24 AM	1467 km	911 miles	792 nm	N
Shizuoka	Tue 11:24 AM	1478 km	918 miles	798 nm	N
Kyoto	Tue 11:24 AM	1492 km	927 miles	806 nm	N
Nagoya	Tue 11:24 AM	1500 km	932 miles	810 nm	N