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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: 97%
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 Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 20:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 20° 41' South
Longitude: 68° 58' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.40 meters/second, 1499.0 km/hour, 931.5 miles/hour or 809.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 23.2"15.53 miwest0° 00' 04.2"0.08 minorth15.53 mi
1 hour14° 23' 20.7"931.25 miwest0° 04' 23.7"5.04 minorth931.49 mi
24 hours14° 16' 09.3"923.50 mieast2° 22' 01.2"162.83 minorth944.55 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Port LouisWed 12:46 AM1199 km745 miles647 nmWest W
Saint-DenisWed 12:46 AM1408 km875 miles760 nmWest W
Diego GarciaWed 2:46 AM1524 km947 miles823 nmNorth-northeast NNE
AntananarivoTue 11:46 PM2255 km1401 miles1218 nmWest W
VictoriaWed 12:46 AM2303 km1431 miles1243 nmNorthwest NW
MaleWed 1:46 AM2795 km1737 miles1509 nmNorth N
MoroniTue 11:46 PM2915 km1811 miles1574 nmWest-northwest WNW
Port-aux-FrancaisWed 1:46 AM3182 km1977 miles1718 nmSouth S
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteWed 2:16 AM3277 km2036 miles1769 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Dar es SalaamTue 11:46 PM3548 km2205 miles1916 nmWest-northwest WNW
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