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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: 59%
Previous phaseFull MoonTuesday, July 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterWednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 03:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 6° 60' North
Longitude: 31° 05' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.89 meters/second, 1608.8 km/hour, 999.7 miles/hour or 868.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 33.4"16.66 miwest0° 00' 10.7"0.21 minorth16.66 mi
1 hour14° 33' 31.8"999.62 miwest0° 10' 44.7"12.31 minorth999.51 mi
24 hours10° 35' 53.3"727.70 mieast4° 05' 43.8"281.48 minorth776.69 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
JubaTue 6:02 AM244 km152 miles132 nmSouth-southeast SSE
MalakalTue 6:02 AM287 km178 miles155 nmNorth-northeast NNE
WauTue 6:02 AM349 km217 miles189 nmWest-northwest WNW
GuluTue 6:02 AM486 km302 miles262 nmSouth-southeast SSE
LiraTue 6:02 AM563 km350 miles304 nmSouth-southeast SSE
KampalaTue 6:02 AM757 km471 miles409 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Addis AbabaTue 6:02 AM875 km544 miles472 nmEast-northeast ENE
AdamaTue 6:02 AM920 km572 miles497 nmEast-northeast ENE
KhartoumTue 6:02 AM965 km600 miles521 nmNorth N
KisanganiTue 4:02 AM969 km602 miles523 nmSouthwest SW
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