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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: 5%
Previous phaseThird QuarterSaturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phaseNew MoonSunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 14, 2012 at 05:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 7° 32' North
Longitude: 73° 43' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.75 meters/second, 1601.1 km/hour, 994.9 miles/hour or 864.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.4"16.58 miwest0° 00' 11.5"0.22 misouth16.58 mi
1 hour14° 30' 21.7"994.81 miwest0° 11' 32.1"13.21 misouth995.11 mi
24 hours11° 54' 53.8"817.13 mieast4° 48' 52.8"330.86 misouth884.87 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
KulhudhuffushiFri 10:22 AM124 km77 miles67 nmSouthwest SW
ThiruvananthapuramFri 10:52 AM372 km231 miles201 nmEast-northeast ENE
MaleFri 10:22 AM372 km231 miles201 nmSouth S
KochiFri 10:52 AM391 km243 miles211 nmNortheast NE
TheniFri 10:52 AM496 km308 miles268 nmNortheast NE
CoimbatoreFri 10:52 AM524 km326 miles283 nmNortheast NE
MaduraiFri 10:52 AM551 km342 miles298 nmEast-northeast ENE
MangaloreFri 10:52 AM602 km374 miles325 nmNorth-northeast NNE
ColomboFri 10:52 AM683 km424 miles369 nmEast E
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteFri 10:52 AM689 km428 miles372 nmEast E
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