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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: 95%
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 Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 02:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 32' North
Longitude: 17° 04' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.05 meters/second, 1490.6 km/hour, 926.2 miles/hour or 804.8 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.3"15.44 miwest0° 00' 00.4"0.01 minorth15.44 mi
1 hour14° 29' 22.9"925.89 miwest0° 00' 29.0"0.55 minorth925.87 mi
24 hours12° 18' 40.4"786.77 mieast0° 19' 48.4"22.72 misouth788.03 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
NouadhibouSun 2:36 AM176 km110 miles95 nmSouth S
NouakchottSun 2:36 AM506 km314 miles273 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Las Palmas (ES-Canary)Sun 2:36 AM641 km398 miles346 nmNorth-northeast NNE
El AaiúnSun 2:36 AM643 km400 miles347 nmNortheast NE
Santa CruzSun 2:36 AM662 km411 miles357 nmNorth N
RossoSun 2:36 AM680 km422 miles367 nmSouth-southeast SSE
ThièsSun 2:36 AM857 km532 miles463 nmSouth S
ToubaSun 2:36 AM858 km533 miles463 nmSouth S
DakarSun 2:36 AM871 km541 miles470 nmSouth S
FarafenniSun 2:36 AM1004 km624 miles542 nmSouth S
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