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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 07:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 35' South
Longitude: 65° 43' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.83 meters/second, 1489.8 km/hour, 925.7 miles/hour or 804.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 23.2"15.43 miwest0° 00' 02.1"0.04 misouth15.43 mi
1 hour14° 23' 09.9"925.46 miwest0° 01' 58.9"2.27 misouth925.36 mi
24 hours14° 34' 17.9"937.39 mieast0° 05' 12.8"5.98 misouth937.13 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
PotosiTue 3:40 AM222 km138 miles120 nmNorth N
SucreTue 3:40 AM286 km178 miles155 nmNorth N
SaltaTue 4:40 AM356 km221 miles192 nmSouth S
Santa CruzTue 3:40 AM497 km309 miles269 nmNorth-northeast NNE
TucumánTue 4:40 AM582 km362 miles314 nmSouth S
La PazTue 3:40 AM618 km384 miles333 nmNorth-northwest NNW
AsuncionTue 3:40 AM921 km572 miles497 nmEast-southeast ESE
CórdobaTue 4:40 AM1100 km684 miles594 nmSouth S
MendozaTue 4:40 AM1291 km802 miles697 nmSouth-southwest SSW
RosarioTue 4:40 AM1354 km841 miles731 nmSouth-southeast SSE
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