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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 07:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 35' South
Longitude: 67° 38' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.82 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' 02.0"0.04 misouth15.43 mi
1 hour14° 23' 10.1"925.44 miwest0° 01' 57.7"2.25 misouth925.33 mi
24 hours14° 34' 10.0"937.22 mieast0° 04' 43.7"5.42 misouth936.98 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
SucreTue 3:48 AM376 km233 miles203 nmNortheast NE
SaltaTue 4:48 AM421 km261 miles227 nmSouth-southeast SSE
La PazTue 3:48 AM566 km351 miles305 nmNorth N
Santa CruzTue 3:48 AM628 km390 miles339 nmNortheast NE
TucumánTue 4:48 AM629 km391 miles340 nmSouth-southeast SSE
AsuncionTue 3:48 AM1099 km683 miles594 nmEast-southeast ESE
CórdobaTue 4:48 AM1142 km710 miles617 nmSouth-southeast SSE
MendozaTue 4:48 AM1259 km782 miles680 nmSouth S
Santiago *Tue 4:48 AM1346 km836 miles727 nmSouth-southwest SSW
RosarioTue 4:48 AM1434 km891 miles774 nmSouth-southeast SSE
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