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, July 2, 2012 at 11:34:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 3:31 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, July 2, 2012 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 37'	South
Longitude:	167° 51'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.51 meters/second, 1488.6 km/hour, 925.0 miles/hour or 803.8 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' 22.7"	15.42 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.42 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 39.9"	924.74 mi	west	0° 01' 21.1"	1.55 mi	north	924.81 mi
24 hours	345° 14' 01.8"	949.70 mi	west	1° 14' 37.8"	85.58 mi	north	957.53 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
Noumea	Mon 10:34 PM	162 km	101 miles	88 nm	WSW
Port Vila	Mon 10:34 PM	432 km	269 miles	233 nm	N
Kingston	Mon 11:04 PM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	S
Suva	Mon 11:34 PM	1172 km	728 miles	633 nm	ENE
Honiara	Mon 10:34 PM	1592 km	989 miles	859 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Mon 9:34 PM	1635 km	1016 miles	883 nm	WSW
Nukualofa	Tue 12:34 AM	1757 km	1092 miles	949 nm	E
Auckland	Mon 11:34 PM	1816 km	1128 miles	980 nm	SSE
Funafuti	Mon 11:34 PM	1893 km	1176 miles	1022 nm	NE
Sydney	Mon 9:34 PM	2125 km	1320 miles	1147 nm	SW