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 Monday, June 11, 2012 at 16:42:00 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: 48%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, June 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 11, 2012 at 16:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	2° 13'	North
Longitude:	158° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.00 meters/second, 1620.0 km/hour, 1006.6 miles/hour or 874.7 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' 33.6"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.78 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 45.1"	1006.62 mi	west	0° 11' 21.1"	13.00 mi	north	1006.64 mi
24 hours	10° 26' 19.3"	721.57 mi	east	4° 25' 25.5"	303.99 mi	north	781.34 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
Kiritimati	Tue 6:42 AM	153 km	95 miles	83 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Tue 5:42 AM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	SW
Baker Island	Mon 4:42 AM	1995 km	1240 miles	1077 nm	W
Honolulu	Mon 6:42 AM	2115 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	N
Apia	Tue 5:42 AM	2289 km	1423 miles	1236 nm	SW
Papeete	Mon 6:42 AM	2401 km	1492 miles	1297 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Mon 6:42 AM	2596 km	1613 miles	1402 nm	S
Alofi	Mon 5:42 AM	2655 km	1650 miles	1433 nm	SSW
Funafuti	Tue 4:42 AM	2727 km	1694 miles	1472 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Tue 5:42 AM	3149 km	1957 miles	1700 nm	SW