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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: 11%
Previous phaseNew MoonTuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Next phaseFirst QuarterThursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 06:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 9° 20' North
Longitude: 121° 54' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.45 meters/second, 1600.0 km/hour, 994.2 miles/hour or 863.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 33.8"16.57 miwest0° 00' 10.3"0.20 minorth16.57 mi
1 hour14° 33' 48.4"994.12 miwest0° 10' 23.1"11.90 minorth993.95 mi
24 hours10° 33' 19.4"720.55 mieast3° 55' 35.1"269.90 minorth765.12 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Iloilo CitySat 2:18 PM168 km104 miles91 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BacolodSat 2:18 PM187 km116 miles101 nmNortheast NE
Cebu CitySat 2:18 PM243 km151 miles131 nmEast-northeast ENE
Marawi CitySat 2:18 PM301 km187 miles162 nmEast-southeast ESE
Cagayan de OroSat 2:18 PM316 km196 miles171 nmEast-southeast ESE
DavaoSat 2:18 PM478 km297 miles258 nmEast-southeast ESE
MakatiSat 2:18 PM586 km364 miles316 nmNorth N
ManilaSat 2:18 PM593 km368 miles320 nmNorth N
QuezonSat 2:18 PM602 km374 miles325 nmNorth N
OlongapoSat 2:18 PM634 km394 miles342 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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