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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: 13%
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 Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 05:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 10° 54' South
Longitude: 48° 38' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.86 meters/second, 1579.9 km/hour, 981.7 miles/hour or 853.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 26.9"16.36 miwest0° 00' 12.6"0.24 misouth16.36 mi
1 hour14° 26' 57.2"981.53 miwest0° 12' 33.6"14.39 misouth981.29 mi
24 hours13° 34' 31.9"922.19 mieast4° 41' 05.7"322.09 misouth968.98 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
MamoutzouTue 8:38 AM425 km264 miles230 nmWest-southwest WSW
MutsamuduTue 8:38 AM483 km300 miles261 nmWest-southwest WSW
MoroniTue 8:38 AM587 km365 miles317 nmWest W
ToamasinaTue 8:38 AM807 km501 miles436 nmSouth S
AntananarivoTue 8:38 AM895 km556 miles483 nmSouth S
AntsirabeTue 8:38 AM1007 km626 miles544 nmSouth S
VictoriaTue 9:38 AM1023 km636 miles552 nmNortheast NE
Dar es SalaamTue 8:38 AM1123 km698 miles606 nmWest-northwest WNW
Saint-DenisTue 9:38 AM1323 km822 miles714 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Port LouisTue 9:38 AM1397 km868 miles754 nmSoutheast SE
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