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

Position of the Moon

On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 19° 09' North
Longitude: 64° 18' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.91 meters/second, 1526.1 km/hour, 948.3 miles/hour or 824.0 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.4"15.80 miwest0° 00' 05.5"0.11 misouth15.81 mi
1 hour14° 30' 24.4"948.03 miwest0° 05' 39.3"6.48 misouth948.32 mi
24 hours11° 47' 20.3"770.49 mieast2° 41' 48.7"185.48 misouth798.31 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
KarachiFri 5:24 PM691 km429 miles373 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MuscatFri 4:24 PM773 km480 miles418 nmNorthwest NW
HyderabadFri 5:24 PM807 km502 miles436 nmNorth-northeast NNE
SeebFri 4:24 PM808 km502 miles436 nmNorthwest NW
NizwaFri 4:24 PM818 km508 miles442 nmWest-northwest WNW
MumbaiFri 5:54 PM898 km558 miles485 nmEast E
SuratFri 5:54 PM927 km576 miles500 nmEast-northeast ENE
AhmedabadFri 5:54 PM971 km603 miles524 nmEast-northeast ENE
VadodaraFri 5:54 PM994 km618 miles537 nmEast-northeast ENE
PuneFri 5:54 PM1011 km628 miles546 nmEast E
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