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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: 3%
Previous phaseThird QuarterMonday, March 4, 2013 at 9:53 PM
Next phaseNew MoonMonday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 07:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 6° 31' South
Longitude: 44° 45' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.38 meters/second, 1603.4 km/hour, 996.3 miles/hour or 865.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.7"16.60 miwest0° 00' 11.5"0.22 minorth16.61 mi
1 hour14° 29' 42.8"996.25 miwest0° 11' 28.6"13.15 minorth996.52 mi
24 hours11° 55' 44.6"819.89 mieast4° 40' 24.9"321.15 minorth883.24 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
MoroniSun 10:52 AM591 km367 miles319 nmSouth-southwest SSW
Dar es SalaamSun 10:52 AM605 km376 miles326 nmWest W
Zanzibar CitySun 10:52 AM616 km383 miles332 nmWest W
MombasaSun 10:52 AM625 km388 miles337 nmWest-northwest WNW
MutsamuduSun 10:52 AM626 km389 miles338 nmSouth S
MamoutzouSun 10:52 AM695 km432 miles376 nmSouth S
MogadishuSun 10:52 AM948 km589 miles512 nmNorth N
DodomaSun 10:52 AM997 km619 miles538 nmWest W
NairobiSun 10:52 AM1053 km655 miles569 nmWest-northwest WNW
VictoriaSun 11:52 AM1204 km748 miles650 nmEast E
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