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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: 100%
Previous phaseFull MoonSaturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterSunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 05:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 22° 19' North
Longitude: 71° 31' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.37 meters/second, 1491.7 km/hour, 926.9 miles/hour or 805.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 28.7"15.45 miwest0° 00' 01.8"0.03 misouth15.45 mi
1 hour14° 28' 43.4"926.63 miwest0° 01' 52.5"2.15 misouth926.74 mi
24 hours12° 30' 25.2"800.52 mieast1° 17' 11.3"88.52 misouth808.98 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Cockburn TownSun 12:08 AM102 km64 miles55 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Cap-HaïtienSun 12:08 AM292 km181 miles158 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Puerto PlataSun 1:08 AM292 km181 miles158 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Santiago de los CaballerosSun 1:08 AM328 km204 miles177 nmSouth-southeast SSE
GonaïvesSun 12:08 AM341 km212 miles184 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Port-au-PrinceSun 12:08 AM428 km266 miles231 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Santo DomingoSun 1:08 AM458 km284 miles247 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Santiago de CubaSun 12:08 AM515 km320 miles278 nmWest-southwest WSW
HolguínSun 12:08 AM516 km320 miles278 nmWest-southwest WSW
Punta CanaSun 1:08 AM533 km331 miles288 nmSoutheast SE
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