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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: 77%
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 22:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 49' South
Longitude: 77° 29' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.44 meters/second, 1488.4 km/hour, 924.8 miles/hour or 803.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 23.6"15.41 miwest0° 00' 00.3"0.00 minorth15.41 mi
1 hour14° 23' 41.3"924.58 miwest0° 00' 20.0"0.38 minorth924.60 mi
24 hours14° 15' 24.3"915.72 mieast0° 48' 03.7"55.12 minorth919.90 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Diego GarciaWed 4:44 AM1692 km1051 miles914 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Port LouisWed 2:44 AM2085 km1296 miles1126 nmWest W
Saint-DenisWed 2:44 AM2286 km1421 miles1234 nmWest W
MaleWed 3:44 AM2907 km1806 miles1570 nmNorth N
VictoriaWed 2:44 AM3044 km1892 miles1644 nmNorthwest NW
Port-aux-FrancaisWed 3:44 AM3122 km1940 miles1686 nmSouth S
AntananarivoWed 1:44 AM3140 km1951 miles1696 nmWest W
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteWed 4:14 AM3185 km1979 miles1720 nmNorth N
JakartaWed 5:44 AM3600 km2237 miles1944 nmEast-northeast ENE
MoroniWed 1:44 AM3802 km2363 miles2053 nmWest-northwest WNW
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