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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 05:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 32' South
Longitude: 91° 00' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.34 meters/second, 1488.0 km/hour, 924.6 miles/hour or 803.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 21.8"15.41 miwest0° 00' 01.8"0.04 misouth15.41 mi
1 hour14° 21' 50.9"924.34 miwest0° 01' 46.0"2.03 misouth924.25 mi
24 hours15° 11' 49.6"977.90 mieast0° 02' 54.1"3.33 minorth978.06 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
LimaMon 12:48 AM1819 km1131 miles982 nmEast-northeast ENE
Easter IslandSun 11:48 PM1957 km1216 miles1057 nmWest-southwest WSW
Galapagos IslandsSun 11:48 PM2289 km1422 miles1236 nmNorth N
SantiagoMon 1:48 AM2396 km1489 miles1294 nmSoutheast SE
GuayaquilMon 12:48 AM2453 km1524 miles1325 nmNorth-northeast NNE
La PazMon 1:48 AM2469 km1534 miles1333 nmEast E
SucreMon 1:48 AM2700 km1678 miles1458 nmEast E
QuitoMon 12:48 AM2720 km1690 miles1469 nmNorth-northeast NNE
CórdobaMon 2:48 AM2881 km1790 miles1555 nmEast-southeast ESE
AsuncionMon 1:48 AM3426 km2129 miles1850 nmEast-southeast ESE
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