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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: 73%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterSunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Next phaseFull MoonSunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 13:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 3° 30' North
Longitude: 88° 33' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.68 meters/second, 1611.6 km/hour, 1001.4 miles/hour or 870.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.2"16.69 miwest0° 00' 12.6"0.24 misouth16.69 mi
1 hour14° 30' 09.5"1001.37 miwest0° 12' 41.7"14.54 misouth1001.58 mi
24 hours12° 06' 43.2"836.30 mieast5° 12' 07.1"357.44 misouth910.56 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Banda AcehTue 8:58 PM785 km488 miles424 nmEast-northeast ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteTue 7:28 PM1028 km638 miles555 nmWest-northwest WNW
ColomboTue 7:28 PM1034 km643 miles558 nmWest-northwest WNW
MedanTue 8:58 PM1122 km697 miles606 nmEast E
MaduraiTue 7:28 PM1354 km841 miles731 nmWest-northwest WNW
ChennaiTue 7:28 PM1396 km867 miles754 nmNorthwest NW
ThiruvananthapuramTue 7:28 PM1398 km869 miles755 nmWest-northwest WNW
Kuala LumpurTue 9:58 PM1462 km909 miles790 nmEast E
BangaloreTue 7:28 PM1600 km994 miles864 nmNorthwest NW
MaleTue 6:58 PM1672 km1039 miles903 nmWest W
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