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 Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 09:16:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 3%

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 Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 09:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 13'	North
Longitude:	62° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.28 meters/second, 1534.6 km/hour, 953.6 miles/hour or 828.6 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' 30.3"	15.89 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	15.89 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 26.1"	953.36 mi	west	0° 06' 32.1"	7.49 mi	south	953.68 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 32.9"	770.64 mi	east	3° 01' 06.9"	207.59 mi	south	804.17 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
Muscat	Thu 1:16 PM	706 km	438 miles	381 nm	NNW
Nizwa	Thu 1:16 PM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	NW
Seeb	Thu 1:16 PM	733 km	456 miles	396 nm	NNW
Salalah	Thu 1:16 PM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	W
Karachi	Thu 2:16 PM	892 km	554 miles	482 nm	NNE
Hyderabad	Thu 2:16 PM	1021 km	634 miles	551 nm	NE
Dubai	Thu 1:16 PM	1055 km	656 miles	570 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Thu 1:16 PM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	NW
Mumbai	Thu 2:46 PM	1129 km	702 miles	610 nm	E
Surat	Thu 2:46 PM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	ENE