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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: 100%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterMonday, May 28, 2012 at 8:16 PM
Next phaseFull MoonMonday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 03:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 28' South
Longitude: 61° 19' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.54 meters/second, 1488.7 km/hour, 925.1 miles/hour or 803.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 21.8"15.42 miwest0° 00' 02.1"0.04 misouth15.42 mi
1 hour14° 21' 51.8"924.79 miwest0° 02' 06.3"2.41 misouth924.68 mi
24 hours15° 12' 47.7"979.40 mieast0° 05' 11.6"5.96 misouth979.13 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Santa CruzSun 11:44 PM453 km281 miles244 nmNorth-northwest NNW
SucreSun 11:44 PM493 km306 miles266 nmWest-northwest WNW
SaltaMon 12:44 AM556 km346 miles300 nmSouthwest SW
AsuncionSun 11:44 PM565 km351 miles305 nmSoutheast SE
TucumánMon 12:44 AM713 km443 miles385 nmSouth-southwest SSW
La PazSun 11:44 PM904 km562 miles488 nmNorthwest NW
CórdobaMon 12:44 AM1138 km707 miles614 nmSouth-southwest SSW
RosarioMon 12:44 AM1274 km791 miles688 nmSouth S
Buenos AiresMon 12:44 AM1484 km922 miles801 nmSouth S
São PauloMon 12:44 AM1527 km949 miles825 nmEast-southeast ESE
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