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 22:08:00 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: 2%

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 22:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 19'	North
Longitude:	136° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.40 meters/second, 1524.2 km/hour, 947.1 miles/hour or 823.0 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' 30.2"	15.79 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	south	15.79 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 13.4"	946.90 mi	west	0° 05' 28.9"	6.28 mi	south	947.18 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 14.2"	771.81 mi	east	2° 37' 23.2"	180.41 mi	south	798.34 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
Honolulu	Wed 12:08 PM	2255 km	1401 miles	1218 nm	W
Tijuana *	Wed 3:08 PM	2421 km	1504 miles	1307 nm	NE
San Diego *	Wed 3:08 PM	2421 km	1505 miles	1307 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Wed 3:08 PM	2423 km	1506 miles	1309 nm	NE
San Jose *	Wed 3:08 PM	2443 km	1518 miles	1319 nm	NNE
San Francisco *	Wed 3:08 PM	2450 km	1523 miles	1323 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Wed 3:08 PM	2553 km	1586 miles	1378 nm	NE
Sacramento *	Wed 3:08 PM	2573 km	1599 miles	1389 nm	NNE
Las Vegas *	Wed 3:08 PM	2788 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	NE
Hermosillo	Wed 3:08 PM	2788 km	1732 miles	1505 nm	ENE