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 03:58:00 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 03:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 38'	North
Longitude:	115° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.98 meters/second, 1501.1 km/hour, 932.8 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' 57.4"	932.47 mi	west	0° 01' 08.5"	1.31 mi	south	932.53 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 27.3"	773.39 mi	east	0° 56' 26.9"	64.73 mi	south	778.55 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
Kowloon	Tue 11:58 AM	115 km	71 miles	62 nm	NW
Hong Kong	Tue 11:58 AM	119 km	74 miles	64 nm	NW
Shenzhen	Tue 11:58 AM	143 km	89 miles	77 nm	NW
Macau	Tue 11:58 AM	170 km	105 miles	92 nm	WNW
Guangzhou	Tue 11:58 AM	249 km	155 miles	135 nm	NW
Foshan	Tue 11:58 AM	253 km	157 miles	137 nm	NW
Shantou	Tue 11:58 AM	253 km	157 miles	137 nm	NE
Xiamen	Tue 11:58 AM	440 km	273 miles	237 nm	NE
Haikou	Tue 11:58 AM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	WSW
Kaohsiung	Tue 11:58 AM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	ENE