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 Monday, June 4, 2012 at 10:34:00 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: 100%

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 Monday, June 4, 2012 at 10:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 39'	South
Longitude:	159° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.01 meters/second, 1486.8 km/hour, 923.9 miles/hour or 802.8 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' 21.8"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 51.3"	923.61 mi	west	0° 00' 58.7"	1.12 mi	south	923.55 mi
24 hours	15° 08' 43.7"	973.80 mi	east	0° 21' 27.4"	24.61 mi	north	975.31 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	Mon 12:34 AM	57 km	35 miles	31 nm	NW
Alofi	Sun 11:34 PM	1128 km	701 miles	609 nm	WNW
Papeete	Mon 12:34 AM	1134 km	705 miles	613 nm	ENE
Apia	Mon 11:34 PM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Mon 11:34 PM	1631 km	1014 miles	881 nm	W
Fakaofo	Mon 11:34 PM	1853 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	NW
Suva	Mon 10:34 PM	2345 km	1457 miles	1266 nm	W
Kiritimati	Tue 12:34 AM	2613 km	1623 miles	1411 nm	N
Funafuti	Mon 10:34 PM	2708 km	1683 miles	1462 nm	WNW
Chatham Islands	Mon 11:19 PM	2937 km	1825 miles	1586 nm	SSW