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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 14:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 18° 52' North
Longitude: 130° 26' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.26 meters/second, 1530.9 km/hour, 951.3 miles/hour or 826.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.6"15.86 miwest0° 00' 06.4"0.12 minorth15.86 mi
1 hour14° 31' 39.5"951.01 miwest0° 06' 28.2"7.42 minorth950.73 mi
24 hours11° 33' 18.5"756.51 mieast2° 10' 58.2"150.17 minorth766.25 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
QuezonThu 10:48 PM1100 km683 miles594 nmWest-southwest WSW
ManilaThu 10:48 PM1110 km690 miles599 nmWest-southwest WSW
TaipeiThu 10:48 PM1147 km713 miles619 nmNorthwest NW
MelekeokThu 11:48 PM1337 km831 miles722 nmSouth-southeast SSE
FoochowThu 10:48 PM1388 km863 miles750 nmNorthwest NW
DavaoThu 10:48 PM1405 km873 miles759 nmSouth-southwest SSW
KagoshimaThu 11:48 PM1409 km875 miles761 nmNorth N
XiamenThu 10:48 PM1419 km882 miles766 nmWest-northwest WNW
ShantouThu 10:48 PM1512 km939 miles816 nmWest-northwest WNW
KumamotoThu 11:48 PM1544 km959 miles834 nmNorth N
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