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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: 100%
Previous phaseFull MoonMonday, February 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Next phaseThird QuarterMonday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 04:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 2° 46' North
Longitude: 66° 22' West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.63 meters/second, 1615.1 km/hour, 1003.6 miles/hour or 872.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.3"16.73 miwest0° 00' 11.5"0.22 misouth16.73 mi
1 hour14° 31' 26.1"1003.53 miwest0° 11' 29.6"13.16 misouth1003.70 mi
24 hours11° 30' 56.6"795.68 mieast4° 39' 44.8"320.37 misouth858.39 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Boa VistaTue 12:46 AM628 km390 miles339 nmEast E
CaracasTue 12:16 AM857 km533 miles463 nmNorth N
BogotaMon 11:46 PM882 km548 miles476 nmWest-northwest WNW
ManausTue 12:46 AM960 km596 miles518 nmSoutheast SE
LindenTue 12:46 AM968 km601 miles523 nmEast-northeast ENE
GeorgetownTue 12:46 AM1014 km630 miles547 nmEast-northeast ENE
Port of SpainTue 12:46 AM1022 km635 miles552 nmNorth-northeast NNE
MedellinMon 11:46 PM1095 km680 miles591 nmWest-northwest WNW
CaliMon 11:46 PM1129 km701 miles610 nmWest W
Saint George'sTue 12:46 AM1149 km714 miles620 nmNorth-northeast NNE
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