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 Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 08:48:00 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: 94%

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 Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 08:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 33'	South
Longitude:	164° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.73 meters/second, 1529.0 km/hour, 950.1 miles/hour or 825.6 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' 23.9"	15.84 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	south	15.84 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 00.6"	949.84 mi	west	0° 08' 23.4"	9.62 mi	south	949.52 mi
24 hours	14° 43' 33.9"	971.33 mi	east	2° 45' 12.8"	189.40 mi	south	981.99 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
Rarotonga	Fri 10:48 PM	603 km	374 miles	325 nm	SE
Alofi	Fri 9:48 PM	647 km	402 miles	349 nm	WSW
Pago Pago	Fri 9:48 PM	804 km	499 miles	434 nm	WNW
Apia	Sat 9:48 PM	929 km	577 miles	501 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Sat 9:48 PM	1196 km	743 miles	646 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Sat 9:48 PM	1241 km	771 miles	670 nm	WSW
Papeete	Fri 10:48 PM	1532 km	952 miles	827 nm	E
Suva	Sat 8:48 PM	1863 km	1158 miles	1006 nm	W
Funafuti	Sat 8:48 PM	2074 km	1289 miles	1120 nm	WNW
Kiritimati	Sat 10:48 PM	2269 km	1410 miles	1225 nm	NNE