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 17:44:00 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: 86%

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 17:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 23'	South
Longitude:	140° 27'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.22 meters/second, 1552.4 km/hour, 964.6 miles/hour or 838.2 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' 27.5"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 09.2"	0.18 mi	north	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 36.8"	964.50 mi	west	0° 09' 22.5"	10.75 mi	north	964.92 mi
24 hours	12° 30' 25.1"	834.26 mi	east	4° 03' 06.3"	278.56 mi	north	886.53 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
Cairns	Fri 3:44 AM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Fri 3:44 AM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	NE
Darwin	Fri 3:14 AM	1087 km	676 miles	587 nm	WNW
Alice Springs	Fri 3:14 AM	1150 km	715 miles	621 nm	SW
Jayapura	Fri 2:44 AM	1421 km	883 miles	767 nm	N
Manokwari	Fri 2:44 AM	1752 km	1089 miles	946 nm	NNW
Dili	Fri 2:44 AM	1786 km	1110 miles	964 nm	WNW
Brisbane	Fri 3:44 AM	1866 km	1159 miles	1007 nm	SE
Eucla	Fri 2:29 AM	2153 km	1338 miles	1162 nm	SSW
Adelaide	Fri 3:14 AM	2174 km	1351 miles	1174 nm	S