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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: 4%
Previous phaseNew MoonFriday, January 11, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Next phaseFirst QuarterFriday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 11:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 11° 11' South
Longitude: 31° 12' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 438.69 meters/second, 1579.3 km/hour, 981.3 miles/hour or 852.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 27.5"16.36 miwest0° 00' 11.0"0.21 minorth16.36 mi
1 hour14° 27' 33.4"981.25 miwest0° 10' 58.6"12.58 minorth981.64 mi
24 hours12° 36' 29.6"855.65 mieast4° 35' 05.6"315.12 minorth917.30 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
LubumbashiSun 1:30 PM409 km254 miles221 nmWest W
LilongweSun 1:30 PM417 km259 miles225 nmSoutheast SE
LusakaSun 1:30 PM560 km348 miles302 nmSouthwest SW
BlantyreSun 1:30 PM655 km407 miles354 nmSoutheast SE
HarareSun 1:30 PM735 km457 miles397 nmSouth S
DodomaSun 2:30 PM747 km464 miles403 nmNortheast NE
GitegaSun 1:30 PM869 km540 miles469 nmNorth N
BujumburaSun 1:30 PM888 km552 miles480 nmNorth-northwest NNW
MuyingaSun 1:30 PM927 km576 miles501 nmNorth N
ButareSun 1:30 PM963 km598 miles520 nmNorth N
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