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 23:18:00 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 23:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 13'	North
Longitude:	153° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.68 meters/second, 1525.3 km/hour, 947.8 miles/hour or 823.6 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' 14.5"	947.54 mi	west	0° 05' 35.7"	6.41 mi	south	947.82 mi
24 hours	11° 48' 39.9"	771.68 mi	east	2° 39' 56.8"	183.35 mi	south	798.94 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 1:18 PM	198 km	123 miles	107 nm	WNW
Wailuku	Wed 1:18 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	WNW
Honolulu	Wed 1:18 PM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Thu 1:18 PM	1969 km	1223 miles	1063 nm	SSW
Midway	Wed 12:18 PM	2646 km	1644 miles	1429 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Wed 11:18 AM	3293 km	2046 miles	1778 nm	SW
San Francisco *	Wed 4:18 PM	3626 km	2253 miles	1958 nm	NE
Fakaofo	Thu 12:18 PM	3725 km	2314 miles	2011 nm	SSW
Los Angeles *	Wed 4:18 PM	3829 km	2379 miles	2068 nm	ENE
Unalaska *	Wed 3:18 PM	4013 km	2494 miles	2167 nm	NNW