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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: 35%
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 Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 00:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 0° 58' North
Longitude: 98° 22' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.33 meters/second, 1614.0 km/hour, 1002.9 miles/hour or 871.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.9"16.71 miwest0° 00' 13.4"0.26 misouth16.72 mi
1 hour14° 29' 55.4"1002.81 miwest0° 13' 30.6"15.47 misouth1002.96 mi
24 hours12° 12' 45.4"844.69 mieast5° 26' 50.3"374.30 misouth923.37 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
PematangsiantarSun 7:28 AM234 km145 miles126 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MedanSun 7:28 AM290 km180 miles157 nmNorth N
PadangSun 7:28 AM304 km189 miles164 nmSoutheast SE
PekanbaruSun 7:28 AM346 km215 miles187 nmEast E
SerembanSun 8:28 AM437 km271 miles236 nmEast-northeast ENE
Kuala LumpurSun 8:28 AM441 km274 miles238 nmEast-northeast ENE
IpohSun 8:28 AM505 km314 miles273 nmNortheast NE
George TownSun 8:28 AM537 km334 miles290 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Johor BahruSun 8:28 AM603 km375 miles326 nmEast E
Banda AcehSun 7:28 AM610 km379 miles329 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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