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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 20:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 21° 42' South
Longitude: 63° 06' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 412.96 meters/second, 1486.6 km/hour, 923.8 miles/hour or 802.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 21.10"15.40 miwest0° 00' 00.4"0.01 minorth15.40 mi
1 hour14° 22' 01.5"923.50 miwest0° 00' 35.3"0.68 minorth923.54 mi
24 hours14° 59' 00.1"963.09 mieast0° 57' 50.6"66.33 minorth968.53 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Port LouisTue 12:08 AM607 km377 miles328 nmWest-northwest WNW
Saint-DenisTue 12:08 AM799 km497 miles431 nmWest W
AntananarivoMon 11:08 PM1656 km1029 miles894 nmWest W
Diego GarciaTue 2:08 AM1878 km1167 miles1014 nmNorth-northeast NNE
VictoriaTue 12:08 AM2062 km1281 miles1113 nmNorth-northwest NNW
MoroniMon 11:08 PM2381 km1479 miles1286 nmWest-northwest WNW
Dar es SalaamMon 11:08 PM3044 km1891 miles1644 nmWest-northwest WNW
MaleTue 1:08 AM3079 km1913 miles1663 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Port-aux-FrancaisTue 1:08 AM3132 km1946 miles1691 nmSouth S
MaputoMon 10:08 PM3138 km1950 miles1694 nmWest-southwest WSW
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