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, June 1, 2012 at 01:58:00 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: 84%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, June 1, 2012 at 01:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 24'	South
Longitude:	79° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.36 meters/second, 1570.9 km/hour, 976.1 miles/hour or 848.2 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' 26.6"	16.27 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.22 mi	south	16.27 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 39.8"	975.92 mi	west	0° 11' 17.3"	12.93 mi	south	975.66 mi
24 hours	13° 44' 10.7"	928.10 mi	east	4° 08' 30.9"	284.78 mi	south	962.96 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
Callao	Thu 8:58 PM	239 km	149 miles	129 nm	E
Lima	Thu 8:58 PM	249 km	155 miles	135 nm	E
Guayaquil	Thu 8:58 PM	1128 km	701 miles	609 nm	N
La Paz	Thu 9:58 PM	1287 km	799 miles	695 nm	ESE
Quito	Thu 8:58 PM	1348 km	838 miles	728 nm	N
Sucre	Thu 9:58 PM	1673 km	1040 miles	903 nm	ESE
Galapagos Islands	Thu 7:58 PM	1706 km	1060 miles	921 nm	NW
Cali	Thu 8:58 PM	1774 km	1103 miles	958 nm	N
Bogota	Thu 8:58 PM	1970 km	1224 miles	1064 nm	NNE
Manaus	Thu 9:58 PM	2359 km	1466 miles	1274 nm	ENE