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 09:16:00 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: 1%

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 09:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 21'	North
Longitude:	50° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.59 meters/second, 1514.1 km/hour, 940.8 miles/hour or 817.6 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"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 02.1"	940.59 mi	west	0° 04' 11.9"	4.82 mi	south	940.82 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 58.5"	773.04 mi	east	2° 08' 07.7"	146.90 mi	south	791.92 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
Salalah	Wed 1:16 PM	549 km	341 miles	296 nm	SE
Doha	Wed 12:16 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	NNE
Al-Jamiliyah	Wed 12:16 PM	591 km	367 miles	319 nm	N
Riyadh	Wed 12:16 PM	598 km	372 miles	323 nm	NW
Al Khor	Wed 12:16 PM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	NNE
Abu Dhabi	Wed 1:16 PM	623 km	387 miles	337 nm	NE
Riffa	Wed 12:16 PM	642 km	399 miles	346 nm	N
Manama	Wed 12:16 PM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	N
Dammam	Wed 12:16 PM	671 km	417 miles	362 nm	N
Dubai	Wed 1:16 PM	753 km	468 miles	406 nm	NE