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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: 31%
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 06:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 10° 46' South
Longitude: 12° 43' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.43 meters/second, 1589.1 km/hour, 987.5 miles/hour or 858.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.6"16.46 miwest0° 00' 10.5"0.20 minorth16.46 mi
1 hour14° 31' 45.0"987.39 miwest0° 10' 28.1"11.99 minorth987.75 mi
24 hours11° 02' 02.7"749.90 mieast4° 20' 19.9"298.20 minorth811.34 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
LuandaSun 7:48 AM221 km137 miles119 nmNorth-northeast NNE
HuamboSun 7:48 AM397 km247 miles214 nmSoutheast SE
LubangoSun 7:48 AM467 km290 miles252 nmSouth S
CabindaSun 7:48 AM579 km360 miles313 nmNorth N
Pointe-NoireSun 7:48 AM668 km415 miles361 nmNorth N
DolisieSun 7:48 AM726 km451 miles392 nmNorth N
KinshasaSun 7:48 AM768 km477 miles415 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BrazzavilleSun 7:48 AM773 km480 miles417 nmNorth-northeast NNE
FrancevilleSun 7:48 AM1015 km630 miles548 nmNorth N
LibrevilleSun 7:48 AM1286 km799 miles694 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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