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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: 15%
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 Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 04:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 2° 19' South
Longitude: 65° 55' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.00 meters/second, 1620.0 km/hour, 1006.6 miles/hour or 874.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 33.8"16.78 miwest0° 00' 11.3"0.22 minorth16.78 mi
1 hour14° 33' 48.5"1006.62 miwest0° 11' 23.3"13.04 minorth1006.77 mi
24 hours10° 23' 15.2"717.98 mieast4° 32' 16.5"311.81 minorth783.13 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Addu CityTue 9:38 AM824 km512 miles445 nmEast-northeast ENE
Diego GarciaTue 10:38 AM910 km566 miles491 nmSoutheast SE
MaleTue 9:38 AM1109 km689 miles599 nmNortheast NE
VictoriaTue 8:38 AM1190 km739 miles642 nmWest-southwest WSW
ThiruvananthapuramTue 10:08 AM1712 km1064 miles925 nmNortheast NE
ColomboTue 10:08 AM1857 km1154 miles1002 nmEast-northeast ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteTue 10:08 AM1860 km1155 miles1004 nmEast-northeast ENE
MaduraiTue 10:08 AM1913 km1189 miles1033 nmNortheast NE
BangaloreTue 10:08 AM2125 km1320 miles1147 nmNortheast NE
Port LouisTue 8:38 AM2176 km1352 miles1175 nmSouth-southwest SSW
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