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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: 44%
Previous phaseThird QuarterFriday, November 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Next phaseNew MoonFriday, November 25, 2011 at 6:10 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 04:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 5° 27' North
Longitude: 33° 16' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.60 meters/second, 1607.8 km/hour, 999.0 miles/hour or 868.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.4"16.65 miwest0° 00' 12.8"0.25 misouth16.65 mi
1 hour14° 30' 22.8"998.95 miwest0° 12' 52.5"14.75 misouth999.24 mi
24 hours11° 56' 29.4"822.34 mieast5° 18' 20.6"364.58 misouth901.77 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
JubaSat 7:08 AM197 km122 miles106 nmWest-southwest WSW
MalakalSat 7:08 AM484 km301 miles261 nmNorth-northwest NNW
KampalaSat 7:08 AM573 km356 miles309 nmSouth S
EntebbeSat 7:08 AM603 km375 miles326 nmSouth S
WauSat 7:08 AM634 km394 miles342 nmWest-northwest WNW
NakuruSat 7:08 AM709 km441 miles383 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Addis AbabaSat 7:08 AM723 km449 miles390 nmEast-northeast ENE
AdamaSat 7:08 AM746 km464 miles403 nmEast-northeast ENE
NairobiSat 7:08 AM843 km524 miles455 nmSouth-southeast SSE
KigaliSat 6:08 AM893 km555 miles482 nmSouth-southwest SSW
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