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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: 60%
Previous phaseFull MoonThursday, May 27, 2010 at 11:08 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterFriday, June 4, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 22:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 6° 56' South
Longitude: 109° 14' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.84 meters/second, 1612.2 km/hour, 1001.8 miles/hour or 870.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 35.1"16.70 miwest0° 00' 12.0"0.23 minorth16.70 mi
1 hour14° 35' 15.6"1001.74 miwest0° 12' 06.7"13.87 minorth1002.05 mi
24 hours9° 49' 48.4"675.05 mieast4° 56' 30.8"339.59 minorth758.06 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
TegalFri 5:04 AM16 km10 miles8 nmWest-northwest WNW
PekalonganFri 5:04 AM42 km26 miles23 nmEast E
CirebonFri 5:04 AM78 km49 miles42 nmWest-northwest WNW
TasikmalayaFri 5:04 AM116 km72 miles63 nmWest-southwest WSW
SemarangFri 5:04 AM129 km80 miles70 nmEast E
YogyakartaFri 5:04 AM157 km98 miles85 nmSoutheast SE
KudusFri 5:04 AM173 km108 miles94 nmEast E
BandungFri 5:04 AM180 km112 miles97 nmWest W
SurakartaFri 5:04 AM188 km117 miles102 nmEast-southeast ESE
BekasiFri 5:04 AM260 km161 miles140 nmWest-northwest WNW
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