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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: 93%
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 13:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 31' North
Longitude: 179° 20' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.02 meters/second, 1490.5 km/hour, 926.1 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' 29.1"15.44 miwest0° 00' 00.7"0.01 misouth15.44 mi
1 hour14° 29' 12.4"925.82 miwest0° 00' 47.2"0.90 misouth925.87 mi
24 hours12° 20' 33.4"788.88 mieast0° 50' 32.4"57.96 misouth793.36 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
MidwaySun 2:48 AM661 km411 miles357 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Wake IslandMon 1:48 AM1501 km933 miles811 nmWest-southwest WSW
MajuroMon 1:48 AM1980 km1231 miles1069 nmSouth-southwest SSW
HonoluluSun 3:48 AM2221 km1380 miles1199 nmEast E
TarawaMon 1:48 AM2477 km1539 miles1338 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Baker IslandSun 1:48 AM2489 km1547 miles1344 nmSouth S
YarenMon 1:48 AM2954 km1836 miles1595 nmSouth-southwest SSW
PalikirMon 12:48 AM2967 km1844 miles1602 nmWest-southwest WSW
AdakSun 3:48 AM3266 km2029 miles1763 nmNorth N
KiritimatiMon 3:48 AM3298 km2049 miles1781 nmSoutheast SE
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