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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: 91%
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 22:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 21' North
Longitude: 57° 32' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.49 meters/second, 1492.2 km/hour, 927.2 miles/hour or 805.7 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' 01.7"0.03 misouth15.45 mi
1 hour14° 29' 08.2"926.90 miwest0° 01' 45.7"2.02 misouth927.00 mi
24 hours12° 20' 30.8"789.81 mieast1° 13' 47.5"84.63 misouth797.72 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
NizwaMon 2:18 AM65 km41 miles35 nmNorth N
SeebMon 2:18 AM162 km101 miles88 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MuscatMon 2:18 AM174 km108 miles94 nmNortheast NE
DubaiMon 2:18 AM396 km246 miles214 nmNorthwest NW
Abu DhabiMon 2:18 AM398 km247 miles215 nmNorthwest NW
SharjahMon 2:18 AM399 km248 miles215 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Bandar-AbbasMon 1:48 AM550 km342 miles297 nmNorth-northwest NNW
SalalahMon 2:18 AM692 km430 miles373 nmSouth-southwest SSW
DohaMon 1:18 AM693 km430 miles374 nmWest-northwest WNW
Al KhorMon 1:18 AM717 km445 miles387 nmWest-northwest WNW
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