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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: 100%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterWednesday, November 2, 2011 at 4:38 PM
Next phaseFull MoonThursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 08:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 18° 08' North
Longitude: 134° 38' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.24 meters/second, 1538.1 km/hour, 955.7 miles/hour or 830.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 32.0"15.93 miwest0° 00' 07.0"0.13 minorth15.93 mi
1 hour14° 31' 58.5"955.46 miwest0° 07' 00.0"8.02 minorth955.18 mi
24 hours11° 25' 54.4"751.65 mieast2° 24' 50.1"166.05 minorth764.49 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
TijuanaThu 12:16 AM2379 km1478 miles1285 nmNortheast NE
San DiegoThu 12:16 AM2382 km1480 miles1286 nmNortheast NE
Los AngelesThu 12:16 AM2401 km1492 miles1296 nmNortheast NE
HonoluluWed 10:16 PM2457 km1527 miles1327 nmWest-northwest WNW
San JoseThu 12:16 AM2466 km1532 miles1332 nmNorth-northeast NNE
San FranciscoThu 12:16 AM2480 km1541 miles1339 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MexicaliThu 12:16 AM2504 km1556 miles1352 nmNortheast NE
SacramentoThu 12:16 AM2600 km1616 miles1404 nmNorth-northeast NNE
HermosilloThu 1:16 AM2695 km1675 miles1455 nmEast-northeast ENE
Las VegasThu 12:16 AM2765 km1718 miles1493 nmNortheast NE
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