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 15:02:00 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
This phase	New Moon	Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 3:31 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 19'	North
Longitude:	45° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.84 meters/second, 1504.2 km/hour, 934.7 miles/hour or 812.2 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' 29.8"	15.58 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.58 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 55.3"	934.41 mi	west	0° 02' 18.4"	2.65 mi	south	934.53 mi
24 hours	12° 00' 20.4"	773.83 mi	east	1° 24' 06.4"	96.44 mi	south	783.38 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
Bridgetown	Tue 11:02 AM	1764 km	1096 miles	952 nm	WSW
Saint John's (Antigua)	Tue 11:02 AM	1791 km	1113 miles	967 nm	WSW
Roseau	Tue 11:02 AM	1816 km	1128 miles	981 nm	WSW
Fort-de-France	Tue 11:02 AM	1818 km	1130 miles	982 nm	WSW
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Tue 11:02 AM	1821 km	1131 miles	983 nm	WSW
Castries	Tue 11:02 AM	1840 km	1143 miles	993 nm	WSW
Basseterre (St. Kitts)	Tue 11:02 AM	1873 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	W
Kingstown	Tue 11:02 AM	1909 km	1186 miles	1031 nm	WSW
Cayenne	Tue 12:02 PM	1962 km	1219 miles	1059 nm	SSW
Paramaribo	Tue 12:02 PM	2013 km	1251 miles	1087 nm	SSW