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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: 82%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterFriday, December 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Next phaseFull MoonSaturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 02:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 13° 08' North
Longitude: 93° 32' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.60 meters/second, 1579.0 km/hour, 981.1 miles/hour or 852.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 33.6"16.35 miwest0° 00' 09.3"0.18 minorth16.35 mi
1 hour14° 33' 40.2"980.97 miwest0° 09' 20.9"10.71 minorth980.71 mi
24 hours10° 43' 57.6"723.09 mieast3° 28' 24.9"238.84 minorth756.24 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
EscuintlaMon 8:38 PM324 km201 miles175 nmEast-northeast ENE
GuatemalaMon 8:38 PM363 km225 miles196 nmEast-northeast ENE
Tuxtla GutierrezMon 8:38 PM403 km250 miles218 nmNorth N
Santa AnaMon 8:38 PM441 km274 miles238 nmEast-northeast ENE
San SalvadorMon 8:38 PM474 km294 miles256 nmEast E
OaxacaMon 8:38 PM554 km344 miles299 nmNorthwest NW
San MiguelMon 8:38 PM581 km361 miles314 nmEast E
CholomaMon 8:38 PM661 km411 miles357 nmEast-northeast ENE
BelmopanMon 8:38 PM685 km425 miles370 nmNortheast NE
TegucigalpaMon 8:38 PM689 km428 miles372 nmEast E
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