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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: 73%
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 Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 03:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 9° 34' South
Longitude: 13° 14' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.54 meters/second, 1593.2 km/hour, 989.9 miles/hour or 860.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.6"16.50 miwest0° 00' 11.1"0.21 minorth16.50 mi
1 hour14° 30' 41.8"989.90 miwest0° 11' 10.3"12.80 minorth990.25 mi
24 hours11° 23' 21.4"776.93 mieast4° 34' 32.5"314.46 minorth842.22 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
LuandaSat 4:22 AM81 km50 miles44 nmNorth N
HuamboSat 4:22 AM448 km278 miles242 nmSoutheast SE
CabindaSat 4:22 AM458 km285 miles247 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Pointe-NoireSat 4:22 AM550 km342 miles297 nmNorth-northwest NNW
LubangoSat 4:22 AM592 km368 miles320 nmSouth S
DolisieSat 4:22 AM596 km371 miles322 nmNorth N
KinshasaSat 4:22 AM624 km388 miles337 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BrazzavilleSat 4:22 AM629 km391 miles340 nmNorth-northeast NNE
FrancevilleSat 4:22 AM878 km546 miles474 nmNorth N
LibrevilleSat 4:22 AM1178 km732 miles636 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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