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 Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 03:38:00 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	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 Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 03:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 42'	North
Longitude:	131° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.58 meters/second, 1510.5 km/hour, 938.6 miles/hour or 815.6 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 58.7"	938.31 mi	west	0° 03' 37.3"	4.15 mi	south	938.51 mi
24 hours	11° 57' 02.4"	773.44 mi	east	1° 54' 48.0"	131.62 mi	south	789.21 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
Taipei	Wed 11:38 AM	1171 km	728 miles	632 nm	WNW
Kagoshima	Wed 12:38 PM	1213 km	754 miles	655 nm	N
Quezon	Wed 11:38 AM	1330 km	826 miles	718 nm	WSW
Manila	Wed 11:38 AM	1340 km	833 miles	724 nm	WSW
Kumamoto	Wed 12:38 PM	1346 km	836 miles	727 nm	N
Foochow	Wed 11:38 AM	1414 km	879 miles	764 nm	WNW
Fukuoka	Wed 12:38 PM	1443 km	896 miles	779 nm	N
Kitakyushu	Wed 12:38 PM	1462 km	909 miles	790 nm	N
Melekeok	Wed 12:38 PM	1490 km	926 miles	804 nm	SSE
Shanghai	Wed 11:38 AM	1567 km	973 miles	846 nm	NW