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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: 62%
Previous phaseFull MoonWednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterThursday, May 6, 2010 at 4:15 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 22:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 18° 35' South
Longitude: 109° 29' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.27 meters/second, 1534.6 km/hour, 953.5 miles/hour or 828.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 32.2"15.89 miwest0° 00' 08.8"0.17 minorth15.89 mi
1 hour14° 32' 16.9"953.33 miwest0° 08' 54.5"10.21 minorth953.79 mi
24 hours10° 47' 24.1"707.64 mieast3° 52' 43.5"266.74 minorth763.21 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
The SettlementWed 5:00 AM984 km611 miles531 nmNorth-northwest NNW
MalangWed 5:00 AM1224 km761 miles661 nmNorth-northeast NNE
SurakartaWed 5:00 AM1231 km765 miles665 nmNorth N
DenpasarWed 6:00 AM1260 km783 miles681 nmNorth-northeast NNE
SemarangWed 5:00 AM1287 km800 miles695 nmNorth N
SurabayaWed 5:00 AM1301 km808 miles702 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BandungWed 5:00 AM1306 km811 miles705 nmNorth N
JakartaWed 5:00 AM1406 km874 miles759 nmNorth-northwest NNW
PerthWed 6:00 AM1614 km1003 miles871 nmSouth-southeast SSE
PalembangWed 5:00 AM1800 km1118 miles972 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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