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 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 21:42:00 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: 92%

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 Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 21:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 13'	South
Longitude:	69° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.89 meters/second, 1526.0 km/hour, 948.2 miles/hour or 824.0 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' 25.4"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 35.0"	948.04 mi	west	0° 07' 31.9"	8.63 mi	north	948.42 mi
24 hours	13° 18' 03.7"	874.13 mi	east	3° 27' 05.9"	237.36 mi	north	913.58 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
Diego Garcia	Thu 3:42 AM	1237 km	768 miles	668 nm	NNE
Port Louis	Thu 1:42 AM	1310 km	814 miles	707 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Thu 1:42 AM	1532 km	952 miles	827 nm	WSW
Victoria	Thu 1:42 AM	2166 km	1346 miles	1169 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Thu 12:42 AM	2350 km	1460 miles	1269 nm	W
Male	Thu 2:42 AM	2509 km	1559 miles	1355 nm	N
Moroni	Thu 12:42 AM	2934 km	1823 miles	1584 nm	W
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Thu 3:12 AM	2991 km	1858 miles	1615 nm	NNE
Port-aux-Francais	Thu 2:42 AM	3455 km	2147 miles	1865 nm	S
Mogadishu	Thu 12:42 AM	3492 km	2170 miles	1885 nm	NW