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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: 86%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterWednesday, June 27, 2012 at 3:31 AM
Next phaseFull MoonTuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 13:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 19° 51' South
Longitude: 108° 27' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.91 meters/second, 1508.1 km/hour, 937.1 miles/hour or 814.3 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 23.7"15.62 miwest0° 00' 05.6"0.11 misouth15.62 mi
1 hour14° 23' 46.4"936.80 miwest0° 05' 39.7"6.49 misouth936.55 mi
24 hours14° 43' 42.9"958.42 mieast1° 36' 04.1"110.16 misouth959.79 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
SurakartaSat 8:38 PM1386 km861 miles748 nmNorth N
MalangSat 8:38 PM1392 km865 miles751 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BandungSat 8:38 PM1433 km890 miles774 nmNorth N
DenpasarSat 9:38 PM1436 km892 miles775 nmNorth-northeast NNE
SemarangSat 8:38 PM1438 km894 miles777 nmNorth N
SurabayaSat 8:38 PM1467 km911 miles792 nmNorth-northeast NNE
JakartaSat 8:38 PM1526 km948 miles824 nmNorth N
PerthSat 9:38 PM1532 km952 miles827 nmSouth-southeast SSE
BengkuluSat 8:38 PM1899 km1180 miles1025 nmNorth-northwest NNW
PalembangSat 8:38 PM1908 km1185 miles1030 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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