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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: 72%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterFriday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phaseFull MoonFriday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, April 2, 2012 at 00:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 13° 47' North
Longitude: 62° 20' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.52 meters/second, 1567.9 km/hour, 974.2 miles/hour or 846.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.8"16.24 miwest0° 00' 09.7"0.19 misouth16.24 mi
1 hour14° 29' 52.3"974.08 miwest0° 09' 49.5"11.26 misouth974.48 mi
24 hours12° 04' 07.2"810.90 mieast4° 17' 45.2"295.30 misouth869.25 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
KingstownSun 8:04 PM139 km86 miles75 nmEast-southeast ESE
CastriesSun 8:04 PM149 km93 miles80 nmEast E
Vieux FortSun 8:04 PM150 km93 miles81 nmEast E
Fort-de-FranceSun 8:04 PM165 km102 miles89 nmNortheast NE
RoseauSun 8:04 PM197 km123 miles107 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Saint George'sSun 8:04 PM200 km125 miles108 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)Sun 8:04 PM254 km158 miles137 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Pointe-à-PitreSun 8:04 PM286 km178 miles154 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BridgetownSun 8:04 PM304 km189 miles164 nmEast-southeast ESE
BradesSun 8:04 PM331 km206 miles179 nmNorth N
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