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 07:34:00 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 07:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 12'	South
Longitude:	131° 33'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.36 meters/second, 1502.5 km/hour, 933.6 miles/hour or 811.3 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"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 05.3"	0.10 mi	south	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 28.8"	933.34 mi	west	0° 05' 17.9"	6.07 mi	south	933.09 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 09.5"	984.90 mi	east	1° 23' 53.3"	96.19 mi	south	985.08 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
Gambier Islands	Sat 10:34 PM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	SW
Adamstown	Sat 11:34 PM	560 km	348 miles	302 nm	SSE
Papeete	Sat 9:34 PM	1921 km	1193 miles	1037 nm	W
Easter Island	Sun 1:34 AM	2387 km	1483 miles	1289 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Sat 9:34 PM	2939 km	1826 miles	1587 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 9:34 PM	3725 km	2315 miles	2011 nm	NW
Alofi	Sat 8:34 PM	4018 km	2497 miles	2169 nm	W
Apia	Sun 8:34 PM	4330 km	2690 miles	2338 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sun 8:34 PM	4535 km	2818 miles	2449 nm	W
Suva	Sun 7:34 PM	5248 km	3261 miles	2833 nm	W