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 Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 11:34:00 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: 88%

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 Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 19'	South
Longitude:	130° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.93 meters/second, 1544.1 km/hour, 959.5 miles/hour or 833.8 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' 26.8"	15.99 mi	west	0° 00' 08.7"	0.17 mi	north	15.99 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 59.2"	959.36 mi	west	0° 08' 52.4"	10.17 mi	north	959.77 mi
24 hours	12° 44' 44.9"	846.26 mi	east	3° 53' 31.6"	267.60 mi	north	894.92 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
Gambier Islands	Thu 2:34 AM	891 km	554 miles	481 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Thu 3:34 AM	969 km	602 miles	523 nm	S
Papeete	Thu 1:34 AM	2044 km	1270 miles	1103 nm	W
Easter Island	Thu 5:34 AM	2480 km	1541 miles	1339 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Thu 1:34 AM	3138 km	1950 miles	1694 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Fri 1:34 AM	3578 km	2223 miles	1932 nm	WNW
Alofi	Thu 12:34 AM	4193 km	2605 miles	2264 nm	W
Apia	Fri 12:34 AM	4447 km	2763 miles	2401 nm	W
Nukualofa	Fri 12:34 AM	4738 km	2944 miles	2558 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Thu 1:34 AM	5129 km	3187 miles	2769 nm	NW