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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 18:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 43' South
Longitude: 82° 15' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 412.91 meters/second, 1486.5 km/hour, 923.7 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' 21.9"15.40 miwest0° 00' 00.3"0.01 minorth15.40 mi
1 hour14° 21' 59.3"923.41 miwest0° 00' 22.3"0.43 minorth923.43 mi
24 hours15° 00' 37.5"964.77 mieast0° 52' 51.8"60.62 minorth969.57 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Diego GarciaTue 12:48 AM1910 km1187 miles1031 nmNorthwest NW
Port LouisMon 10:48 PM2579 km1602 miles1392 nmWest W
Saint-DenisMon 10:48 PM2780 km1727 miles1501 nmWest W
MaleMon 11:48 PM3018 km1875 miles1630 nmNorth-northwest NNW
JakartaTue 1:48 AM3155 km1960 miles1703 nmEast-northeast ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteTue 12:18 AM3173 km1972 miles1714 nmNorth N
Port-aux-FrancaisMon 11:48 PM3246 km2017 miles1753 nmSouth-southwest SSW
VictoriaMon 10:48 PM3455 km2147 miles1866 nmWest-northwest WNW
SingaporeTue 2:48 AM3462 km2151 miles1869 nmNortheast NE
Kuala LumpurTue 2:48 AM3469 km2156 miles1873 nmNortheast NE
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