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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: 54%
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 Friday, April 13, 2012 at 01:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 18° 42' South
Longitude: 71° 04' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.60 meters/second, 1525.0 km/hour, 947.6 miles/hour or 823.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 27.3"15.79 miwest0° 00' 06.7"0.13 minorth15.79 mi
1 hour14° 27' 26.5"947.39 miwest0° 06' 46.6"7.77 minorth947.73 mi
24 hours12° 37' 02.6"826.87 mieast3° 07' 37.7"215.06 minorth861.33 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 7:06 AM1266 km786 miles683 nmNorth N
Port LouisFri 5:06 AM1434 km891 miles775 nmWest W
Saint-DenisFri 5:06 AM1654 km1028 miles893 nmWest W
VictoriaFri 5:06 AM2304 km1432 miles1244 nmNorthwest NW
AntananarivoFri 4:06 AM2481 km1542 miles1340 nmWest W
MaleFri 6:06 AM2544 km1581 miles1374 nmNorth N
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteFri 6:36 AM2992 km1859 miles1615 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MoroniFri 4:06 AM3078 km1913 miles1662 nmWest W
Port-aux-FrancaisFri 6:06 AM3401 km2114 miles1837 nmSouth S
BangaloreFri 6:36 AM3574 km2221 miles1930 nmNorth-northeast NNE
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