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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: 98%
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 Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 18:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 4° 55' South
Longitude: 70° 30' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.58 meters/second, 1604.1 km/hour, 996.7 miles/hour or 866.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 27.7"16.61 miwest0° 00' 13.5"0.26 misouth16.61 mi
1 hour14° 27' 38.8"996.64 miwest0° 13' 30.7"15.48 misouth996.59 mi
24 hours13° 12' 13.8"910.02 mieast5° 15' 03.7"360.88 misouth974.44 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Diego GarciaFri 12:18 AM340 km211 miles184 nmSoutheast SE
Addu CityThu 11:18 PM553 km344 miles299 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MaleThu 11:18 PM1060 km659 miles573 nmNorth-northeast NNE
ThiruvananthapuramThu 11:48 PM1648 km1024 miles890 nmNorth-northeast NNE
VictoriaThu 10:18 PM1670 km1038 miles902 nmWest W
ColomboThu 11:48 PM1672 km1039 miles903 nmNortheast NE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteThu 11:48 PM1673 km1040 miles904 nmNortheast NE
MaduraiThu 11:48 PM1846 km1147 miles997 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BangaloreThu 11:48 PM2127 km1322 miles1149 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Port LouisThu 10:18 PM2197 km1365 miles1186 nmSouthwest SW
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