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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: 99%
Previous phaseFull MoonSunday, May 6, 2012 at 3:35 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterSaturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 20:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 20° 08' South
Longitude: 66° 39' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.40 meters/second, 1502.6 km/hour, 933.7 miles/hour or 811.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 22.3"15.56 miwest0° 00' 05.5"0.11 misouth15.56 mi
1 hour14° 22' 16.4"933.44 miwest0° 05' 25.9"6.23 misouth933.19 mi
24 hours15° 10' 08.1"985.22 mieast1° 26' 25.0"99.09 misouth985.56 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Port LouisMon 12:08 AM957 km595 miles517 nmWest W
Saint-DenisMon 12:08 AM1171 km728 miles632 nmWest W
Diego GarciaMon 2:08 AM1547 km961 miles835 nmNorth-northeast NNE
AntananarivoSun 11:08 PM2012 km1250 miles1086 nmWest W
VictoriaMon 12:08 AM2102 km1306 miles1135 nmNorthwest NW
MoroniSun 11:08 PM2665 km1656 miles1439 nmWest-northwest WNW
MaleMon 1:08 AM2792 km1735 miles1508 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Port-aux-FrancaisMon 1:08 AM3256 km2023 miles1758 nmSouth S
Dar es SalaamSun 11:08 PM3301 km2051 miles1782 nmWest-northwest WNW
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteMon 1:38 AM3323 km2065 miles1795 nmNorth-northeast NNE
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