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 03:14:00 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 03:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	North
Longitude:	125° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.94 meters/second, 1501.0 km/hour, 932.7 miles/hour or 810.5 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"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 57.8"	932.39 mi	west	0° 01' 03.8"	1.22 mi	south	932.45 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 27.9"	773.33 mi	east	0° 54' 36.1"	62.61 mi	south	778.24 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	Tue 12:14 PM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	NNE
Kaohsiung	Tue 11:14 AM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	WNW
Taipei	Tue 11:14 AM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	NW
Taichung	Tue 11:14 AM	586 km	364 miles	317 nm	WNW
Baguio City	Tue 11:14 AM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	SW
Foochow	Tue 11:14 AM	809 km	503 miles	437 nm	NW
Xiamen	Tue 11:14 AM	841 km	523 miles	454 nm	WNW
Quezon	Tue 11:14 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	SSW
Manila	Tue 11:14 AM	923 km	573 miles	498 nm	SSW
Makati	Tue 11:14 AM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	SSW