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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: 97%
Previous phaseFull MoonSaturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterSunday, July 4, 2010 at 2:36 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 28, 2010 at 03:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 19° 55' South
Longitude: 27° 04' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.30 meters/second, 1520.3 km/hour, 944.7 miles/hour or 820.9 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' 08.0"0.16 minorth15.75 mi
1 hour14° 31' 14.5"944.43 miwest0° 08' 11.2"9.39 minorth944.88 mi
24 hours11° 10' 40.1"727.10 mieast3° 38' 02.3"249.94 minorth776.24 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
SalvadorMon 12:10 AM1441 km895 miles778 nmWest-northwest WNW
RecifeMon 12:10 AM1556 km967 miles840 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Rio de JaneiroMon 12:10 AM1703 km1058 miles919 nmWest-southwest WSW
São PauloMon 12:10 AM2062 km1281 miles1113 nmWest-southwest WSW
FortalezaMon 12:10 AM2182 km1356 miles1178 nmNorthwest NW
BrasiliaMon 12:10 AM2251 km1399 miles1215 nmWest W
JamestownMon 3:10 AM2304 km1431 miles1244 nmEast E
BelémMon 12:10 AM3100 km1926 miles1674 nmNorthwest NW
AsuncionSun 11:10 PM3191 km1983 miles1723 nmWest-southwest WSW
MontevideoMon 12:10 AM3303 km2053 miles1784 nmSouthwest SW
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