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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: 28%
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 Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 03:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 1° 02' North
Longitude: 61° 29' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.42 meters/second, 1621.5 km/hour, 1007.6 miles/hour or 875.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 34.0"16.79 miwest0° 00' 11.2"0.22 minorth16.79 mi
1 hour14° 34' 03.8"1007.57 miwest0° 11' 17.7"12.94 minorth1007.62 mi
24 hours10° 19' 31.0"714.14 mieast4° 26' 06.4"304.76 minorth775.34 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
VictoriaTue 7:38 AM917 km570 miles495 nmSouthwest SW
MaleTue 8:38 AM1381 km858 miles746 nmEast-northeast ENE
Diego GarciaTue 9:38 AM1526 km948 miles824 nmSoutheast SE
MogadishuTue 6:38 AM1801 km1119 miles972 nmWest W
ThiruvananthapuramTue 9:08 AM1903 km1182 miles1027 nmEast-northeast ENE
MaduraiTue 9:08 AM2086 km1296 miles1127 nmEast-northeast ENE
ColomboTue 9:08 AM2141 km1330 miles1156 nmEast-northeast ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteTue 9:08 AM2146 km1333 miles1159 nmEast-northeast ENE
BangaloreTue 9:08 AM2210 km1373 miles1193 nmNortheast NE
AdenTue 6:38 AM2239 km1391 miles1209 nmNorthwest NW
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