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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: 98%
Previous phaseFirst QuarterSunday, February 17, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Next phaseFull MoonMonday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 15:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 9° 27' North
Longitude: 109° 40' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.20 meters/second, 1595.5 km/hour, 991.4 miles/hour or 861.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.6"16.52 miwest0° 00' 10.0"0.19 misouth16.52 mi
1 hour14° 31' 39.1"991.33 miwest0° 10' 05.5"11.56 misouth991.64 mi
24 hours11° 20' 33.6"774.03 mieast4° 15' 09.1"292.25 misouth831.15 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Ho Chi MinhSun 10:52 PM355 km221 miles192 nmWest-northwest WNW
Phnom PenhSun 10:52 PM571 km355 miles309 nmWest-northwest WNW
SihanoukvilleSun 10:52 PM686 km426 miles370 nmWest-northwest WNW
Kuala BelaitSun 11:52 PM737 km458 miles398 nmSoutheast SE
Pekan TutongSun 11:52 PM753 km468 miles407 nmSoutheast SE
PakseSun 10:52 PM756 km469 miles408 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Bandar Seri BegawanSun 11:52 PM769 km478 miles415 nmSoutheast SE
BattambangSun 10:52 PM814 km506 miles439 nmWest-northwest WNW
KuchingSun 11:52 PM876 km544 miles473 nmSouth S
SavannakhetSun 10:52 PM951 km591 miles513 nmNorth-northwest NNW
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