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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: 83%
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 Friday, March 1, 2013 at 18:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 13° 12' South
Longitude: 127° 56' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.68 meters/second, 1568.5 km/hour, 974.6 miles/hour or 846.9 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 28.1"16.24 miwest0° 00' 09.3"0.18 misouth16.24 mi
1 hour14° 28' 05.6"974.43 miwest0° 09' 24.3"10.78 misouth974.18 mi
24 hours13° 01' 31.7"877.29 mieast3° 22' 58.1"232.60 misouth901.23 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
DarwinSat 4:10 AM325 km202 miles176 nmEast-northeast ENE
SuaiSat 3:40 AM520 km323 miles281 nmNorthwest NW
SameSat 3:40 AM527 km328 miles285 nmNorth-northwest NNW
DiliSat 3:40 AM575 km357 miles310 nmNorth-northwest NNW
KupangSat 2:40 AM582 km362 miles314 nmNorthwest NW
EndeSat 2:40 AM837 km520 miles452 nmNorthwest NW
KendariSat 2:40 AM1181 km734 miles638 nmNorth-northwest NNW
MakassarSat 2:40 AM1293 km803 miles698 nmNorthwest NW
Alice SpringsSat 4:10 AM1319 km820 miles712 nmSouth-southeast SSE
DenpasarSat 2:40 AM1476 km917 miles797 nmWest-northwest WNW
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