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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: 50%
Previous phaseThird QuarterSaturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Next phaseNew MoonSunday, May 20, 2012 at 11:47 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 23:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 8° 51' South
Longitude: 104° 32' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.03 meters/second, 1598.5 km/hour, 993.3 miles/hour or 863.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.7"16.55 miwest0° 00' 11.0"0.21 minorth16.56 mi
1 hour14° 31' 51.7"993.23 miwest0° 10' 58.9"12.58 minorth993.55 mi
24 hours10° 58' 51.9"750.60 mieast4° 29' 15.6"308.40 minorth815.00 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
The SettlementSun 6:12 AM220 km137 miles119 nmSoutheast SE
SerangSun 6:12 AM352 km219 miles190 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BogorSun 6:12 AM352 km219 miles190 nmNortheast NE
Bandar LampungSun 6:12 AM389 km242 miles210 nmNorth-northeast NNE
JakartaSun 6:12 AM391 km243 miles211 nmNortheast NE
BekasiSun 6:12 AM397 km247 miles214 nmNortheast NE
BandungSun 6:12 AM401 km249 miles216 nmEast-northeast ENE
TasikmalayaSun 6:12 AM444 km276 miles240 nmEast-northeast ENE
CirebonSun 6:12 AM499 km310 miles270 nmEast-northeast ENE
TegalSun 6:12 AM551 km342 miles298 nmEast-northeast ENE
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