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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 MoonTuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterTuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 22:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 10° 50' North
Longitude: 31° 22' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.07 meters/second, 1584.3 km/hour, 984.4 miles/hour or 855.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.1"16.41 miwest0° 00' 11.6"0.22 misouth16.41 mi
1 hour14° 29' 13.9"984.31 miwest0° 11' 42.8"13.42 misouth984.72 mi
24 hours12° 15' 01.3"832.35 mieast4° 57' 25.1"340.68 misouth904.76 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
MalakalWed 1:02 AM149 km92 miles80 nmSouth-southeast SSE
WauWed 1:02 AM508 km316 miles274 nmSouthwest SW
KhartoumWed 1:02 AM542 km337 miles293 nmNorth-northeast NNE
JubaWed 1:02 AM663 km412 miles358 nmSouth S
TeseneyWed 1:02 AM743 km462 miles401 nmNortheast NE
KassalaWed 1:02 AM747 km464 miles403 nmNortheast NE
Addis AbabaWed 1:02 AM834 km518 miles451 nmEast-southeast ESE
GuluWed 1:02 AM897 km558 miles485 nmSouth S
AdamaWed 1:02 AM904 km562 miles488 nmEast-southeast ESE
Mek'eleWed 1:02 AM930 km578 miles502 nmEast-northeast ENE
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