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 04:08:00 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 04:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	North
Longitude:	124° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.66 meters/second, 1510.8 km/hour, 938.8 miles/hour or 815.8 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"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 59.1"	938.50 mi	west	0° 03' 40.4"	4.21 mi	south	938.70 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 52.2"	773.41 mi	east	1° 55' 59.6"	132.99 mi	south	789.44 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	Wed 12:08 PM	510 km	317 miles	275 nm	WNW
Taichung	Wed 12:08 PM	564 km	350 miles	305 nm	NW
Taipei	Wed 12:08 PM	584 km	363 miles	315 nm	NNW
Baguio City	Wed 12:08 PM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	SW
Naha	Wed 1:08 PM	681 km	423 miles	367 nm	NNE
Quezon	Wed 12:08 PM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	SSW
Manila	Wed 12:08 PM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	SSW
Makati	Wed 12:08 PM	781 km	485 miles	421 nm	SSW
Xiamen	Wed 12:08 PM	797 km	495 miles	430 nm	WNW
Foochow	Wed 12:08 PM	805 km	500 miles	435 nm	NW