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 11:08:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

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 11:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 13'	North
Longitude:	23° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.96 meters/second, 1515.5 km/hour, 941.7 miles/hour or 818.3 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' 30.0"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 03.4"	941.42 mi	west	0° 04' 23.4"	5.03 mi	south	941.65 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 13.5"	772.88 mi	east	2° 12' 28.8"	151.88 mi	south	792.83 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
Kufra	Wed 1:08 PM	441 km	274 miles	238 nm	N
Khartoum	Wed 2:08 PM	1115 km	693 miles	602 nm	ESE
Ndjamena	Wed 12:08 PM	1247 km	775 miles	674 nm	SW
Al Jizah	Wed 1:08 PM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	NE
Cairo	Wed 1:08 PM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	NE
Alexandria	Wed 1:08 PM	1395 km	867 miles	753 nm	NNE
Tripoli	Wed 1:08 PM	1720 km	1069 miles	929 nm	NNW
Makkah	Wed 2:08 PM	1737 km	1079 miles	938 nm	E
Bethlehem *	Wed 2:08 PM	1750 km	1087 miles	945 nm	NE
Tel Aviv *	Wed 2:08 PM	1751 km	1088 miles	945 nm	NE