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 11:44:00 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 11:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 57'	South
Longitude:	153° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.66 meters/second, 1525.2 km/hour, 947.7 miles/hour or 823.5 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' 23.7"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 46.6"	947.45 mi	west	0° 08' 02.0"	9.21 mi	south	947.13 mi
24 hours	14° 48' 07.9"	974.15 mi	east	2° 35' 30.3"	178.28 mi	south	982.96 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
Cairns	Sat 9:44 PM	856 km	532 miles	462 nm	W
Brisbane	Sat 9:44 PM	1057 km	657 miles	571 nm	S
Honiara	Sat 10:44 PM	1156 km	718 miles	624 nm	NE
Port Moresby	Sat 9:44 PM	1179 km	732 miles	636 nm	NW
Noumea	Sat 10:44 PM	1409 km	876 miles	761 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sat 10:44 PM	1543 km	959 miles	833 nm	E
Sydney	Sat 9:44 PM	1781 km	1107 miles	962 nm	S
Canberra	Sat 9:44 PM	1974 km	1227 miles	1066 nm	SSW
Alice Springs	Sat 9:14 PM	2164 km	1345 miles	1168 nm	WSW
Jayapura	Sat 8:44 PM	2222 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	NW