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 17:08:00 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 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 17:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 45'	North
Longitude:	63° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.24 meters/second, 1520.0 km/hour, 944.5 miles/hour or 820.8 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' 30.0"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 08.4"	944.28 mi	west	0° 04' 59.4"	5.72 mi	south	944.54 mi
24 hours	11° 51' 36.6"	772.32 mi	east	2° 26' 13.9"	167.64 mi	south	795.80 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
Road Town	Wed 1:08 PM	168 km	104 miles	91 nm	SSW
Cruz Bay	Wed 1:08 PM	186 km	116 miles	101 nm	SSW
The Valley	Wed 1:08 PM	187 km	116 miles	101 nm	SSE
Charlotte Amalie	Wed 1:08 PM	193 km	120 miles	104 nm	SW
Marigot	Wed 1:08 PM	202 km	126 miles	109 nm	SSE
Philipsburg	Wed 1:08 PM	208 km	129 miles	112 nm	SSE
Gustavia	Wed 1:08 PM	230 km	143 miles	124 nm	SSE
Christiansted	Wed 1:08 PM	240 km	149 miles	129 nm	SSW
San Juan	Wed 1:08 PM	279 km	173 miles	150 nm	WSW
Caguas	Wed 1:08 PM	286 km	178 miles	154 nm	SW