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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: 69%
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 19:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 10° 31' South
Longitude: 130° 41' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.72 meters/second, 1586.6 km/hour, 985.9 miles/hour or 856.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.5"16.43 miwest0° 00' 10.5"0.20 misouth16.43 mi
1 hour14° 29' 34.9"985.73 miwest0° 10' 25.7"11.95 misouth985.52 mi
24 hours12° 27' 28.1"847.32 mieast3° 53' 59.4"268.09 misouth882.99 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
DarwinSat 5:10 AM216 km134 miles116 nmSouth S
SameSat 4:40 AM577 km359 miles312 nmWest-northwest WNW
DiliSat 4:40 AM601 km373 miles324 nmWest-northwest WNW
SuaiSat 4:40 AM610 km379 miles329 nmWest-northwest WNW
KupangSat 3:40 AM778 km484 miles420 nmWest W
AmbonSat 4:40 AM804 km499 miles434 nmNorth-northwest NNW
EndeSat 3:40 AM1006 km625 miles543 nmWest W
ManokwariSat 4:40 AM1131 km703 miles611 nmNorth-northeast NNE
KendariSat 3:40 AM1155 km718 miles624 nmNorthwest NW
MakassarSat 3:40 AM1377 km856 miles744 nmWest-northwest WNW
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