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 19:08:00 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

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 19:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 27'	South
Longitude:	32° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.92 meters/second, 1547.7 km/hour, 961.7 miles/hour or 835.7 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"	16.03 mi	west	0° 00' 09.8"	0.19 mi	south	16.03 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 09.7"	961.47 mi	west	0° 09' 52.4"	11.31 mi	south	961.15 mi
24 hours	14° 19' 08.9"	954.79 mi	east	3° 26' 35.6"	236.80 mi	south	975.44 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
Lilongwe	Fri 9:08 PM	185 km	115 miles	100 nm	NNE
Blantyre	Fri 9:08 PM	225 km	140 miles	121 nm	E
Harare	Fri 9:08 PM	332 km	206 miles	179 nm	SW
Mutare	Fri 9:08 PM	391 km	243 miles	211 nm	S
Lusaka	Fri 9:08 PM	505 km	314 miles	273 nm	W
Beira	Fri 9:08 PM	525 km	326 miles	284 nm	SSE
Nampula	Fri 9:08 PM	680 km	422 miles	367 nm	E
Lubumbashi	Fri 9:08 PM	724 km	450 miles	391 nm	NW
Francistown	Fri 9:08 PM	855 km	531 miles	461 nm	SW
Dodoma	Fri 10:08 PM	1071 km	665 miles	578 nm	NNE