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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 08:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 6° 21' South
Longitude: 32° 40' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.53 meters/second, 1603.9 km/hour, 996.6 miles/hour or 866.0 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 29.7"16.61 miwest0° 00' 11.5"0.22 minorth16.61 mi
1 hour14° 29' 45.0"996.60 miwest0° 11' 30.0"13.17 minorth996.88 mi
24 hours11° 54' 59.0"819.27 mieast4° 40' 40.8"321.46 minorth882.69 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
DodomaSun 11:42 AM341 km212 miles184 nmEast E
MwanzaSun 11:42 AM425 km264 miles229 nmNorth N
GitegaSun 10:42 AM443 km276 miles239 nmNorthwest NW
MuyingaSun 10:42 AM466 km290 miles252 nmNorth-northwest NNW
BujumburaSun 10:42 AM494 km307 miles267 nmNorthwest NW
ButareSun 10:42 AM527 km327 miles284 nmNorthwest NW
ArushaSun 11:42 AM553 km344 miles299 nmNortheast NE
KigaliSun 10:42 AM566 km352 miles306 nmNorth-northwest NNW
GitaramaSun 10:42 AM573 km356 miles309 nmNorthwest NW
BukavuSun 10:42 AM600 km373 miles324 nmNorthwest NW
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