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 Friday, June 8, 2012 at 12:36:00 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: 79%

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 Friday, June 8, 2012 at 12:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 15'	South
Longitude:	132° 39'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.96 meters/second, 1576.7 km/hour, 979.7 miles/hour or 851.3 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' 29.3"	16.33 mi	west	0° 00' 10.5"	0.20 mi	north	16.33 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 26.1"	979.62 mi	west	0° 10' 34.1"	12.11 mi	north	980.02 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 05.0"	800.10 mi	east	4° 24' 46.2"	303.31 mi	north	861.15 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	Fri 3:06 AM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Fri 4:36 AM	1444 km	897 miles	780 nm	S
Papeete	Fri 2:36 AM	1912 km	1188 miles	1032 nm	WSW
Easter Island	Fri 6:36 AM	2936 km	1824 miles	1585 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Fri 2:36 AM	3054 km	1898 miles	1649 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sat 2:36 AM	3145 km	1954 miles	1698 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 1:36 AM	4059 km	2522 miles	2192 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Sat 1:36 AM	4229 km	2628 miles	2283 nm	W
Apia	Sat 1:36 AM	4243 km	2637 miles	2291 nm	W
Honolulu	Fri 2:36 AM	4624 km	2873 miles	2497 nm	NW