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 18:36:00 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: 90%

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 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 22'	South
Longitude:	40° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.12 meters/second, 1548.4 km/hour, 962.2 miles/hour or 836.1 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' 25.2"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	south	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 12.5"	961.93 mi	west	0° 09' 55.4"	11.37 mi	south	961.61 mi
24 hours	14° 18' 06.8"	954.05 mi	east	3° 28' 04.2"	238.49 mi	south	975.12 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
Nampula	Fri 8:36 PM	150 km	93 miles	81 nm	W
Moroni	Fri 9:36 PM	502 km	312 miles	271 nm	NE
Mutsamudu	Fri 9:36 PM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	NE
Mamoutzou	Fri 9:36 PM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	ENE
Blantyre	Fri 8:36 PM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	W
Lilongwe	Fri 8:36 PM	754 km	469 miles	407 nm	W
Beira	Fri 8:36 PM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	SW
Antananarivo	Fri 9:36 PM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	ESE
Antsirabe	Fri 9:36 PM	842 km	523 miles	455 nm	SE
Dar es Salaam	Fri 9:36 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	N