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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: 28%
Previous phaseNew MoonSunday, February 10, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Next phaseFirst QuarterSunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 13° 32' North
Longitude: 49° 13' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.95 meters/second, 1573.0 km/hour, 977.4 miles/hour or 849.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.8"16.29 miwest0° 00' 08.4"0.16 minorth16.29 mi
1 hour14° 31' 50.2"977.30 miwest0° 08' 18.9"9.53 minorth977.06 mi
24 hours11° 18' 05.6"760.16 mieast2° 59' 04.5"205.22 minorth782.45 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
BosasoFri 3:54 PM249 km154 miles134 nmSouth S
AdenFri 3:54 PM463 km288 miles250 nmWest W
SanaFri 3:54 PM574 km357 miles310 nmWest-northwest WNW
SalalahFri 4:54 PM651 km404 miles351 nmNortheast NE
DjiboutiFri 3:54 PM693 km431 miles374 nmWest-southwest WSW
HargeisaFri 3:54 PM712 km443 miles385 nmSouthwest SW
TadjouraFri 3:54 PM714 km444 miles386 nmWest-southwest WSW
Ali SabiehFri 3:54 PM755 km469 miles407 nmWest-southwest WSW
Dire DawaFri 3:54 PM912 km567 miles492 nmWest-southwest WSW
AsmaraFri 3:54 PM1125 km699 miles608 nmWest-northwest WNW
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