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

Latitude:	21° 38'	North
Longitude:	120° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.96 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' 57.7"	932.43 mi	west	0° 01' 05.8"	1.26 mi	south	932.49 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 27.6"	773.35 mi	east	0° 55' 26.6"	63.58 mi	south	778.38 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
Kaohsiung	Tue 11:34 AM	163 km	101 miles	88 nm	NNW
Taichung	Tue 11:34 AM	279 km	174 miles	151 nm	N
Taipei	Tue 11:34 AM	385 km	240 miles	208 nm	N
Xiamen	Tue 11:34 AM	424 km	263 miles	229 nm	NW
Shantou	Tue 11:34 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	WNW
Foochow	Tue 11:34 AM	510 km	317 miles	275 nm	NNW
Baguio City	Tue 11:34 AM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	S
Tarlac City	Tue 11:34 AM	681 km	423 miles	368 nm	S
Kowloon	Tue 11:34 AM	688 km	427 miles	371 nm	W
Hong Kong	Tue 11:34 AM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	W