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 Friday, July 20, 2012 at 08:28:00 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	Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 4:25 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, July 20, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 39'	North
Longitude:	67° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.99 meters/second, 1576.8 km/hour, 979.8 miles/hour or 851.4 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' 30.7"	16.33 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	south	16.33 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.1"	979.65 mi	west	0° 09' 53.1"	11.33 mi	south	980.03 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 39.9"	782.63 mi	east	4° 14' 22.3"	291.41 mi	south	840.51 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
Mangalore	Fri 1:58 PM	823 km	512 miles	445 nm	E
Mumbai	Fri 1:58 PM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	NE
Kulhudhuffushi	Fri 1:28 PM	923 km	574 miles	499 nm	SE
Pune	Fri 1:58 PM	960 km	597 miles	518 nm	NE
Surat	Fri 1:58 PM	1117 km	694 miles	603 nm	NNE
Bangalore	Fri 1:58 PM	1119 km	695 miles	604 nm	E
Anantapur	Fri 1:58 PM	1140 km	709 miles	616 nm	ENE
Thiruvananthapuram	Fri 1:58 PM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	ESE
Male	Fri 1:28 PM	1163 km	723 miles	628 nm	SE
Madurai	Fri 1:58 PM	1224 km	760 miles	661 nm	ESE