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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: 99%
Previous phaseFull MoonThursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterFriday, November 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 11, 2011 at 21:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 29' North
Longitude: 50° 06' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.57 meters/second, 1503.3 km/hour, 934.1 miles/hour or 811.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.2"15.57 miwest0° 00' 03.7"0.07 minorth15.57 mi
1 hour14° 30' 16.9"933.78 miwest0° 03' 39.5"4.20 minorth933.60 mi
24 hours12° 02' 52.6"775.71 mieast0° 58' 48.7"67.45 minorth776.00 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
DohaSat 12:08 AM446 km277 miles241 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Al-JamiliyahSat 12:08 AM470 km292 miles254 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Al KhorSat 12:08 AM487 km303 miles263 nmNorth-northeast NNE
RiyadhSat 12:08 AM493 km306 miles266 nmNorthwest NW
RiffaSat 12:08 AM517 km321 miles279 nmNorth N
ManamaSat 12:08 AM525 km327 miles284 nmNorth N
DammamSat 12:08 AM545 km339 miles295 nmNorth N
Abu DhabiSat 1:08 AM548 km341 miles296 nmNortheast NE
QatifSat 12:08 AM564 km350 miles304 nmNorth N
SalalahSat 1:08 AM648 km403 miles350 nmSoutheast SE
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