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 14:58:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, June 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 14:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 42'	South
Longitude:	137° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 412.88 meters/second, 1486.4 km/hour, 923.6 miles/hour or 802.6 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' 21.8"	15.39 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	15.39 mi
1 hour	14° 21' 54.5"	923.33 mi	west	0° 00' 15.3"	0.29 mi	south	923.32 mi
24 hours	15° 04' 49.2"	969.27 mi	east	0° 38' 21.8"	43.99 mi	north	972.39 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
Alice Springs	Tue 12:28 AM	418 km	260 miles	226 nm	WSW
Cairns	Tue 12:58 AM	1034 km	642 miles	558 nm	ENE
Darwin	Tue 12:28 AM	1234 km	767 miles	666 nm	NW
Eucla	Mon 11:43 PM	1386 km	861 miles	749 nm	SW
Adelaide	Tue 12:28 AM	1471 km	914 miles	794 nm	S
Brisbane	Tue 12:58 AM	1712 km	1063 miles	924 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Tue 12:58 AM	1718 km	1068 miles	928 nm	NE
Canberra	Tue 12:58 AM	1894 km	1177 miles	1022 nm	SE
Sydney	Tue 12:58 AM	1916 km	1191 miles	1035 nm	SE
Dili	Mon 11:58 PM	1924 km	1196 miles	1039 nm	NW