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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: 12%
Previous phaseThird QuarterThursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Next phaseNew MoonThursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 19, 2012 at 03:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 10° 35' South
Longitude: 92° 04' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.74 meters/second, 1590.3 km/hour, 988.1 miles/hour or 858.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.7"16.47 miwest0° 00' 10.5"0.20 minorth16.47 mi
1 hour14° 31' 50.2"988.08 miwest0° 10' 38.4"12.19 minorth988.44 mi
24 hours11° 02' 02.2"750.34 mieast4° 24' 44.7"303.25 minorth813.59 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
BantamMon 9:52 AM554 km344 miles299 nmEast-southeast ESE
BengkuluMon 10:22 AM1353 km841 miles731 nmEast-northeast ENE
PalembangMon 10:22 AM1635 km1016 miles883 nmEast-northeast ENE
JakartaMon 10:22 AM1697 km1054 miles916 nmEast-northeast ENE
MedanMon 10:22 AM1728 km1074 miles933 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BandungMon 10:22 AM1757 km1092 miles949 nmEast-northeast ENE
SingaporeMon 11:22 AM1851 km1150 miles999 nmNortheast NE
Kuala LumpurMon 11:22 AM1855 km1153 miles1002 nmNortheast NE
Diego GarciaMon 9:22 AM2190 km1361 miles1182 nmWest W
PontianakMon 10:22 AM2241 km1392 miles1210 nmEast-northeast ENE
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