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 17:58:00 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: 77%

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 17:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 17'	South
Longitude:	149° 34'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.72 meters/second, 1583.0 km/hour, 983.6 miles/hour or 854.7 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' 29.8"	16.39 mi	west	0° 00' 10.7"	0.21 mi	north	16.39 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 54.7"	983.56 mi	west	0° 10' 49.1"	12.39 mi	north	983.95 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 49.6"	791.28 mi	east	4° 28' 59.7"	308.13 mi	north	854.14 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
Port Moresby	Sat 3:58 AM	331 km	206 miles	179 nm	NW
Lae	Sat 3:58 AM	579 km	360 miles	312 nm	NNW
Cairns	Sat 3:58 AM	746 km	463 miles	403 nm	SSW
Arawa	Sat 3:58 AM	865 km	537 miles	467 nm	NE
Honiara	Sat 4:58 AM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	E
Jayapura	Sat 2:58 AM	1377 km	855 miles	743 nm	NW
Brisbane	Sat 3:58 AM	1827 km	1135 miles	987 nm	S
Darwin	Sat 3:28 AM	2045 km	1270 miles	1104 nm	W
Manokwari	Sat 2:58 AM	2066 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	WNW
Port Vila	Sat 4:58 AM	2141 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	ESE