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 15:58:00 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 hard 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 15:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 51'	North
Longitude:	46° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.98 meters/second, 1519.1 km/hour, 943.9 miles/hour or 820.3 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' 30.0"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	south	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 07.4"	943.70 mi	west	0° 04' 52.5"	5.59 mi	south	943.96 mi
24 hours	11° 52' 08.3"	772.44 mi	east	2° 23' 35.2"	164.61 mi	south	795.22 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	Wed 11:58 AM	1547 km	961 miles	835 nm	WSW
Saint John's (Antigua)	Wed 11:58 AM	1605 km	997 miles	867 nm	W
Fort-de-France	Wed 11:58 AM	1612 km	1002 miles	871 nm	WSW
Roseau	Wed 11:58 AM	1615 km	1004 miles	872 nm	WSW
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)	Wed 11:58 AM	1625 km	1010 miles	878 nm	WSW
Castries	Wed 11:58 AM	1630 km	1013 miles	880 nm	WSW
Basseterre (St. Kitts)	Wed 11:58 AM	1691 km	1050 miles	913 nm	W
Kingstown	Wed 11:58 AM	1696 km	1054 miles	916 nm	WSW
Cayenne	Wed 12:58 PM	1751 km	1088 miles	945 nm	SSW
Paramaribo	Wed 12:58 PM	1790 km	1112 miles	966 nm	SSW