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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: 8%
Previous phaseNew MoonSaturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Next phaseFirst QuarterSunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 08:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 21' North
Longitude: 91° 34' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.14 meters/second, 1505.3 km/hour, 935.4 miles/hour or 812.8 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.6"15.59 miwest0° 00' 02.1"0.04 minorth15.59 mi
1 hour14° 30' 41.8"935.08 miwest0° 02' 08.3"2.45 minorth934.97 mi
24 hours11° 48' 14.4"760.70 mieast0° 23' 26.1"26.88 minorth760.16 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
ChittagongTue 2:04 PM112 km70 miles61 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BarisalTue 2:04 PM195 km121 miles105 nmNorthwest NW
ChandpurTue 2:04 PM228 km142 miles123 nmNorth-northwest NNW
ComillaTue 2:04 PM239 km148 miles129 nmNorth N
AgartalaTue 1:34 PM241 km150 miles130 nmNorth N
KhulnaTue 2:04 PM263 km163 miles142 nmNorthwest NW
DhakaTue 2:04 PM288 km179 miles156 nmNorth-northwest NNW
JessoreTue 2:04 PM316 km196 miles171 nmNorthwest NW
KolkataTue 1:34 PM359 km223 miles194 nmWest-northwest WNW
HowrahTue 1:34 PM362 km225 miles196 nmWest-northwest WNW
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