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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: 89%
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 Friday, February 10, 2012 at 19:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 4° 22' South
Longitude: 100° 28' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.66 meters/second, 1608.0 km/hour, 999.2 miles/hour or 868.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.0"16.65 miwest0° 00' 13.4"0.26 misouth16.65 mi
1 hour14° 29' 04.2"999.07 miwest0° 13' 22.5"15.32 misouth999.04 mi
24 hours12° 30' 31.8"862.81 mieast5° 11' 24.0"356.67 misouth929.78 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
BengkuluSat 2:48 AM210 km130 miles113 nmEast-northeast ENE
PadangSat 2:48 AM381 km237 miles206 nmNorth N
JambiSat 2:48 AM465 km289 miles251 nmNortheast NE
PalembangSat 2:48 AM501 km311 miles271 nmEast-northeast ENE
Bandar LampungSat 2:48 AM544 km338 miles294 nmEast-southeast ESE
PekanbaruSat 2:48 AM552 km343 miles298 nmNorth-northeast NNE
SerangSat 2:48 AM661 km410 miles357 nmEast-southeast ESE
Pangkal PinangSat 2:48 AM675 km419 miles365 nmEast-northeast ENE
SingaporeSat 3:48 AM729 km453 miles394 nmNorth-northeast NNE
JakartaSat 2:48 AM731 km454 miles395 nmEast-southeast ESE
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