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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 phaseFull MoonMonday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterMonday, June 11, 2012 at 10:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, June 4, 2012 at 18:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 43' South
Longitude: 92° 48' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 412.90 meters/second, 1486.4 km/hour, 923.6 miles/hour or 802.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 21.10"15.39 miwest0° 00' 00.2"0.00 minorth15.39 mi
1 hour14° 21' 58.1"923.37 miwest0° 00' 15.1"0.29 minorth923.38 mi
24 hours15° 01' 28.9"965.67 mieast0° 50' 06.4"57.46 minorth970.13 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
BandungTue 1:04 AM2284 km1419 miles1233 nmNortheast NE
JakartaTue 1:04 AM2291 km1423 miles1237 nmNortheast NE
PerthTue 2:04 AM2550 km1585 miles1377 nmEast-southeast ESE
Diego GarciaTue 12:04 AM2706 km1681 miles1461 nmWest-northwest WNW
DenpasarTue 2:04 AM2804 km1742 miles1514 nmEast-northeast ENE
SingaporeTue 2:04 AM2814 km1748 miles1519 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Kuala LumpurTue 2:04 AM2915 km1811 miles1574 nmNorth-northeast NNE
PontianakTue 1:04 AM2997 km1863 miles1619 nmNortheast NE
MakassarTue 2:04 AM3406 km2116 miles1839 nmEast-northeast ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteMon 11:34 PM3462 km2151 miles1869 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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