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.

June Solstice 2012

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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 23:08:00 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 23:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 13'	North
Longitude:	150° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.64 meters/second, 1525.1 km/hour, 947.7 miles/hour or 823.5 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' 30.1"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	south	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.4"	947.44 mi	west	0° 05' 34.7"	6.40 mi	south	947.73 mi
24 hours	11° 48' 44.8"	771.70 mi	east	2° 39' 35.0"	182.93 mi	south	798.85 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
Hilo	Wed 1:08 PM	447 km	278 miles	241 nm	W
Wailuku	Wed 1:08 PM	618 km	384 miles	334 nm	WNW
Honolulu	Wed 1:08 PM	767 km	477 miles	414 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Thu 1:08 PM	2046 km	1271 miles	1105 nm	SSW
Midway	Wed 12:08 PM	2874 km	1786 miles	1552 nm	WNW
San Francisco *	Wed 4:08 PM	3435 km	2135 miles	1855 nm	NE
Baker Island	Wed 11:08 AM	3501 km	2175 miles	1890 nm	SW
Los Angeles *	Wed 4:08 PM	3616 km	2247 miles	1952 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Thu 12:08 PM	3873 km	2407 miles	2091 nm	SW
Las Vegas *	Wed 4:08 PM	3957 km	2458 miles	2136 nm	NE