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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: 83%
Previous phaseFull MoonFriday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterFriday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 07:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 34' South
Longitude: 56° 07' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.89 meters/second, 1490.0 km/hour, 925.9 miles/hour or 804.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 23.0"15.43 miwest0° 00' 02.1"0.04 misouth15.43 mi
1 hour14° 23' 09.2"925.60 miwest0° 02' 05.2"2.39 misouth925.49 mi
24 hours14° 34' 56.7"938.23 mieast0° 07' 38.7"8.77 misouth937.86 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Pedro Juan CaballeroTue 3:00 AM115 km72 miles62 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Campo GrandeTue 3:00 AM205 km127 miles111 nmNortheast NE
AsuncionTue 3:00 AM440 km274 miles238 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Ciudad del EsteTue 3:00 AM464 km288 miles250 nmSouth-southeast SSE
EncarnaciónTue 3:00 AM639 km397 miles345 nmSouth S
SucreTue 3:00 AM995 km618 miles537 nmWest-northwest WNW
São PauloTue 4:00 AM1000 km622 miles540 nmEast-southeast ESE
SaltaTue 4:00 AM1015 km631 miles548 nmWest-southwest WSW
BrasiliaTue 4:00 AM1078 km670 miles582 nmNortheast NE
RosarioTue 4:00 AM1339 km832 miles723 nmSouth-southwest SSW
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