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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: 99%
Previous phaseFull MoonSunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterSunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 28, 2013 at 04:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 10° 03' North
Longitude: 56° 36' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 442.56 meters/second, 1593.2 km/hour, 990.0 miles/hour or 860.3 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 32.0"16.50 miwest0° 00' 09.8"0.19 misouth16.50 mi
1 hour14° 31' 59.5"989.91 miwest0° 09' 55.8"11.38 misouth990.23 mi
24 hours11° 10' 00.5"760.64 mieast4° 11' 04.2"287.59 misouth817.14 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
GeorgetownMon 12:38 AM398 km248 miles215 nmSouth-southwest SSW
New AmsterdamMon 12:38 AM434 km270 miles234 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Nieuw NickerieMon 1:38 AM458 km284 miles247 nmSouth S
BridgetownMon 12:38 AM471 km293 miles254 nmNorthwest NW
LindenMon 12:38 AM483 km300 miles261 nmSouth-southwest SSW
ParamariboMon 1:38 AM494 km307 miles267 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Port of SpainMon 12:38 AM543 km337 miles293 nmWest W
Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniMon 1:38 AM578 km359 miles312 nmSouth-southeast SSE
Saint George'sMon 12:38 AM604 km375 miles326 nmWest-northwest WNW
KingstownMon 12:38 AM610 km379 miles330 nmNorthwest NW
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