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 08:38:00 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 08:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	South
Longitude:	146° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.08 meters/second, 1501.5 km/hour, 933.0 miles/hour or 810.7 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' 22.5"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 25.7"	932.72 mi	west	0° 05' 08.2"	5.89 mi	south	932.48 mi
24 hours	15° 10' 50.1"	985.03 mi	east	1° 19' 48.6"	91.52 mi	south	984.97 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
Papeete	Sat 10:38 PM	416 km	258 miles	225 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Sat 10:38 PM	1347 km	837 miles	727 nm	W
Adamstown	Sun 12:38 AM	1802 km	1120 miles	973 nm	ESE
Alofi	Sat 9:38 PM	2418 km	1502 miles	1305 nm	W
Kiritimati	Sun 10:38 PM	2703 km	1680 miles	1460 nm	NNW
Apia	Sun 9:38 PM	2741 km	1703 miles	1480 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sun 9:38 PM	2881 km	1790 miles	1556 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Sun 9:38 PM	2948 km	1832 miles	1592 nm	W
Suva	Sun 8:38 PM	3650 km	2268 miles	1971 nm	W
Chatham Islands	Sun 9:23 PM	3804 km	2364 miles	2054 nm	SW