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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: 32%
Previous phaseThird QuarterFriday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phaseNew MoonSaturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 03:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 11° 16' South
Longitude: 54° 22' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.60 meters/second, 1586.1 km/hour, 985.6 miles/hour or 856.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.5"16.43 miwest0° 00' 10.2"0.20 minorth16.43 mi
1 hour14° 31' 33.9"985.52 miwest0° 10' 21.1"11.86 minorth985.88 mi
24 hours11° 05' 53.0"752.98 mieast4° 18' 12.7"295.78 minorth813.54 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
VictoriaSun 7:56 AM744 km463 miles402 nmNorth N
ToamasinaSun 6:56 AM930 km578 miles502 nmSouthwest SW
MamoutzouSun 6:56 AM1008 km626 miles544 nmWest W
Port LouisSun 7:56 AM1041 km647 miles562 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Saint-DenisSun 7:56 AM1070 km665 miles578 nmSouth S
AntananarivoSun 6:56 AM1121 km697 miles605 nmSouthwest SW
MoroniSun 6:56 AM1206 km749 miles651 nmWest W
Dar es SalaamSun 6:56 AM1728 km1074 miles933 nmWest-northwest WNW
MogadishuSun 6:56 AM1778 km1105 miles960 nmNorthwest NW
Diego GarciaSun 9:56 AM2030 km1262 miles1096 nmEast E
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