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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: 91%
Previous phaseFull MoonThursday, August 2, 2012 at 3:28 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterThursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 21:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 0° 23' South
Longitude: 63° 37' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.58 meters/second, 1618.5 km/hour, 1005.7 miles/hour or 873.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 32.2"16.76 miwest0° 00' 11.8"0.23 minorth16.76 mi
1 hour14° 32' 18.0"1005.68 miwest0° 11' 53.8"13.63 minorth1005.78 mi
24 hours10° 56' 47.4"757.21 mieast4° 40' 17.6"321.00 minorth821.87 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
VictoriaSun 1:56 AM1022 km635 miles552 nmWest-southwest WSW
MaleSun 2:56 AM1210 km752 miles654 nmEast-northeast ENE
Diego GarciaSun 3:56 AM1242 km772 miles671 nmSoutheast SE
ThiruvananthapuramSun 3:26 AM1776 km1103 miles959 nmNortheast NE
MaduraiSun 3:26 AM1969 km1224 miles1063 nmNortheast NE
ColomboSun 3:26 AM1977 km1228 miles1068 nmEast-northeast ENE
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteSun 3:26 AM1981 km1231 miles1070 nmEast-northeast ENE
MogadishuSun 12:56 AM2053 km1275 miles1108 nmWest W
BangaloreSun 3:26 AM2133 km1326 miles1152 nmNortheast NE
Port LouisSun 1:56 AM2287 km1421 miles1235 nmSouth-southwest SSW
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