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 12:16:00 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: 87%

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 12:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 13'	South
Longitude:	140° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.19 meters/second, 1545.1 km/hour, 960.1 miles/hour or 834.3 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' 27.0"	16.00 mi	west	0° 00' 08.8"	0.17 mi	north	16.00 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 03.6"	959.94 mi	west	0° 08' 55.9"	10.24 mi	north	960.35 mi
24 hours	12° 43' 06.1"	844.88 mi	east	3° 54' 40.7"	268.92 mi	north	893.97 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
Taiohae	Thu 2:46 AM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	N
Gambier Islands	Thu 3:16 AM	964 km	599 miles	520 nm	SE
Papeete	Thu 2:16 AM	974 km	605 miles	526 nm	W
Adamstown	Thu 4:16 AM	1462 km	909 miles	789 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Thu 2:16 AM	2103 km	1306 miles	1135 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Fri 2:16 AM	2723 km	1692 miles	1470 nm	NW
Alofi	Thu 1:16 AM	3131 km	1945 miles	1690 nm	W
Apia	Fri 1:16 AM	3367 km	2092 miles	1818 nm	W
Fakaofo	Fri 1:16 AM	3414 km	2122 miles	1844 nm	W
Easter Island	Thu 6:16 AM	3434 km	2134 miles	1854 nm	ESE