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 22:58:00 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: 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 22:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 14'	North
Longitude:	148° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.60 meters/second, 1525.0 km/hour, 947.6 miles/hour or 823.4 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' 05.5"	0.11 mi	south	15.79 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.2"	947.35 mi	west	0° 05' 33.7"	6.38 mi	south	947.64 mi
24 hours	11° 48' 49.7"	771.72 mi	east	2° 39' 13.1"	182.51 mi	south	798.77 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 12:58 PM	1010 km	628 miles	545 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Thu 12:58 PM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	SSW
Midway	Wed 11:58 AM	3104 km	1929 miles	1676 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Wed 3:58 PM	3250 km	2020 miles	1755 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Wed 3:58 PM	3405 km	2116 miles	1838 nm	NE
Baker Island	Wed 10:58 AM	3716 km	2309 miles	2006 nm	WSW
Las Vegas *	Wed 3:58 PM	3751 km	2331 miles	2025 nm	NE
Phoenix	Wed 3:58 PM	3930 km	2442 miles	2122 nm	ENE
Seattle *	Wed 3:58 PM	3935 km	2445 miles	2125 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Wed 3:58 PM	3942 km	2450 miles	2129 nm	ENE