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 Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 00:02:00 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: 74%

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 Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 00:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 11'	South
Longitude:	61° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.58 meters/second, 1589.7 km/hour, 987.8 miles/hour or 858.4 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' 30.4"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.46 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 25.7"	987.74 mi	west	0° 11' 03.5"	12.67 mi	north	988.11 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 58.3"	781.85 mi	east	4° 32' 50.1"	312.51 mi	north	846.39 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
Victoria	Sat 4:02 AM	915 km	569 miles	494 nm	NW
Port Louis	Sat 4:02 AM	1188 km	738 miles	642 nm	SSW
Diego Garcia	Sat 6:02 AM	1232 km	765 miles	665 nm	ENE
Saint-Denis	Sat 4:02 AM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	SSW
Antananarivo	Sat 3:02 AM	1797 km	1117 miles	970 nm	SW
Moroni	Sat 3:02 AM	2004 km	1245 miles	1082 nm	W
Male	Sat 5:02 AM	2066 km	1284 miles	1115 nm	NE
Mogadishu	Sat 3:02 AM	2253 km	1400 miles	1216 nm	NW
Dar es Salaam	Sat 3:02 AM	2483 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	W
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Sat 5:32 AM	2773 km	1723 miles	1497 nm	NE