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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: 76%
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 Friday, February 1, 2013 at 02:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 7° 26' South
Longitude: 18° 39' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.93 meters/second, 1601.7 km/hour, 995.3 miles/hour or 864.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 30.4"16.59 miwest0° 00' 11.0"0.21 misouth16.59 mi
1 hour14° 30' 30.3"995.20 miwest0° 11' 07.5"12.74 misouth995.07 mi
24 hours12° 02' 38.3"826.16 mieast4° 15' 57.6"293.21 misouth872.15 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
KinshasaFri 3:34 AM506 km314 miles273 nmNorthwest NW
BrazzavilleFri 3:34 AM512 km318 miles277 nmNorthwest NW
Mbuji-MayiFri 3:34 AM564 km351 miles305 nmEast-northeast ENE
LuandaFri 3:34 AM617 km384 miles333 nmWest-southwest WSW
HuamboFri 3:34 AM672 km417 miles363 nmSouth-southwest SSW
CabindaFri 3:34 AM745 km463 miles402 nmWest-northwest WNW
DolisieFri 3:34 AM752 km467 miles406 nmWest-northwest WNW
Pointe-NoireFri 3:34 AM806 km501 miles435 nmWest-northwest WNW
FrancevilleFri 3:34 AM853 km530 miles461 nmNorthwest NW
LubangoFri 3:34 AM1001 km622 miles541 nmSouth-southwest SSW
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