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 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 06:58:00 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: 98%

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 Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 06:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 08'	South
Longitude:	122° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.52 meters/second, 1503.1 km/hour, 934.0 miles/hour or 811.6 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' 22.5"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.10 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 30.6"	933.69 mi	west	0° 05' 23.3"	6.18 mi	south	933.45 mi
24 hours	15° 09' 45.3"	984.80 mi	east	1° 26' 10.5"	98.82 mi	south	985.13 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
Adamstown	Sat 10:58 PM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	SW
Easter Island	Sun 12:58 AM	1584 km	984 miles	855 nm	ESE
Papeete	Sat 8:58 PM	2820 km	1752 miles	1523 nm	W
Rarotonga	Sat 8:58 PM	3833 km	2382 miles	2070 nm	W
Galapagos Islands	Sun 12:58 AM	4205 km	2613 miles	2270 nm	ENE
Kiritimati	Sun 8:58 PM	4476 km	2781 miles	2417 nm	WNW
Alofi	Sat 7:58 PM	4915 km	3054 miles	2654 nm	W
Lima	Sun 1:58 AM	4974 km	3091 miles	2686 nm	E
Mexico City *	Sun 1:58 AM	5088 km	3161 miles	2747 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Sun 12:58 AM	5229 km	3249 miles	2823 nm	NE