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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 Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 15%
Previous phaseThird QuarterMonday, July 29, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Next phaseNew MoonTuesday, August 6, 2013 at 9:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, August 2, 2013 at 18:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 19° 57' North
Longitude: 150° 19' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.12 meters/second, 1519.6 km/hour, 944.3 miles/hour or 820.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.1"15.74 miwest0° 00' 00.9"0.02 misouth15.74 mi
1 hour14° 31' 03.7"944.04 miwest0° 00' 55.5"1.06 misouth944.08 mi
24 hours11° 31' 52.3"749.92 mieast0° 47' 12.7"54.13 misouth753.71 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
HiloFri 8:54 AM500 km310 miles270 nmWest W
WailukuFri 8:54 AM653 km406 miles353 nmWest W
HonoluluFri 8:54 AM799 km497 miles432 nmWest-northwest WNW
KiritimatiSat 8:54 AM2142 km1331 miles1156 nmSouth-southwest SSW
MidwayFri 7:54 AM2891 km1796 miles1561 nmWest-northwest WNW
San Francisco *Fri 11:54 AM3339 km2075 miles1803 nmNortheast NE
Los Angeles *Fri 11:54 AM3524 km2190 miles1903 nmEast-northeast ENE
Baker IslandFri 6:54 AM3592 km2232 miles1940 nmSouthwest SW
Las Vegas *Fri 11:54 AM3864 km2401 miles2086 nmNortheast NE
FakaofoSat 7:54 AM3971 km2468 miles2144 nmSouthwest SW
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