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, July 18, 2012 at 03:38:00 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: 1%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 4:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 03:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 26'	North
Longitude:	113° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.93 meters/second, 1522.5 km/hour, 946.1 miles/hour or 822.1 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' 29.8"	15.77 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.77 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 53.8"	945.83 mi	west	0° 05' 19.6"	6.11 mi	south	946.11 mi
24 hours	11° 58' 26.2"	781.22 mi	east	2° 34' 34.8"	177.20 mi	south	806.82 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
Macau	Wed 11:38 AM	306 km	190 miles	165 nm	N
Hong Kong	Wed 11:38 AM	323 km	201 miles	174 nm	N
Kowloon	Wed 11:38 AM	327 km	203 miles	177 nm	N
Haikou	Wed 11:38 AM	351 km	218 miles	189 nm	WNW
Shenzhen	Wed 11:38 AM	361 km	224 miles	195 nm	N
Foshan	Wed 11:38 AM	400 km	249 miles	216 nm	N
Guangzhou	Wed 11:38 AM	410 km	255 miles	222 nm	N
Shantou	Wed 11:38 AM	537 km	334 miles	290 nm	NE
Nanning	Wed 11:38 AM	667 km	414 miles	360 nm	NW
Xiamen	Wed 11:38 AM	721 km	448 miles	389 nm	NE