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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: 54%
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 Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 04:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 15° 42' South
Longitude: 14° 25' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.51 meters/second, 1549.8 km/hour, 963.0 miles/hour or 836.8 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 27.3"16.05 miwest0° 00' 08.2"0.16 misouth16.05 mi
1 hour14° 27' 24.0"962.82 miwest0° 08' 09.6"9.35 misouth962.54 mi
24 hours13° 21' 39.7"889.87 mieast2° 49' 03.9"193.78 misouth904.36 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
LubangoSun 5:34 AM132 km82 miles71 nmNorthwest NW
HuamboSun 5:34 AM352 km219 miles190 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Rundu *Sun 6:34 AM620 km385 miles335 nmEast-southeast ESE
LuandaSun 5:34 AM770 km478 miles416 nmNorth N
Walvis Bay *Sun 6:34 AM804 km500 miles434 nmSouth S
Windhoek *Sun 6:34 AM811 km504 miles438 nmSouth-southeast SSE
KinshasaSun 5:34 AM1261 km784 miles681 nmNorth N
BrazzavilleSun 5:34 AM1268 km788 miles684 nmNorth N
LubumbashiSun 6:34 AM1481 km920 miles800 nmEast-northeast ENE
LusakaSun 6:34 AM1482 km921 miles800 nmEast E
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