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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: 92%
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 21:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 22' North
Longitude: 72° 30' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.41 meters/second, 1491.9 km/hour, 927.0 miles/hour or 805.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.0"15.45 miwest0° 00' 01.6"0.03 misouth15.45 mi
1 hour14° 29' 08.5"926.72 miwest0° 01' 38.6"1.89 misouth926.81 mi
24 hours12° 20' 34.9"789.73 mieast1° 10' 58.5"81.40 misouth797.18 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
AnandMon 2:46 AM49 km31 miles27 nmEast-northeast ENE
NadiadMon 2:46 AM52 km32 miles28 nmNortheast NE
VadodaraMon 2:46 AM76 km47 miles41 nmEast E
BhavnagarMon 2:46 AM76 km47 miles41 nmSouth-southwest SSW
AhmedabadMon 2:46 AM77 km48 miles41 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BharuchMon 2:46 AM89 km55 miles48 nmSouth-southeast SSE
GandhinagarMon 2:46 AM95 km59 miles51 nmNorth N
MahesanaMon 2:46 AM137 km85 miles74 nmNorth N
SuratMon 2:46 AM140 km87 miles75 nmSouth-southeast SSE
NavsariMon 2:46 AM174 km108 miles94 nmSouth-southeast SSE
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