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 Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 13:06:00 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	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 Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 13:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 10'	South
Longitude:	179° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.82 meters/second, 1493.3 km/hour, 927.9 miles/hour or 806.3 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' 22.7"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 48.6"	927.69 mi	west	0° 03' 16.1"	3.75 mi	north	927.87 mi
24 hours	345° 28' 15.3"	937.29 mi	west	1° 57' 40.2"	134.92 mi	north	952.90 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
Suva	Wed 1:06 AM	347 km	216 miles	187 nm	NNW
Nadi	Wed 1:06 AM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	NNW
Lautoka	Wed 1:06 AM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	NNW
Nukualofa	Wed 2:06 AM	576 km	358 miles	311 nm	E
Pangai	Wed 2:06 AM	684 km	425 miles	369 nm	ENE
Neiafu	Wed 2:06 AM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	ENE
Alofi	Tue 2:06 AM	1157 km	719 miles	625 nm	E
Port Vila	Wed 12:06 AM	1209 km	751 miles	653 nm	WNW
Apia	Wed 2:06 AM	1252 km	778 miles	676 nm	NE
Noumea	Wed 12:06 AM	1330 km	826 miles	718 nm	W