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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: 13%
Previous phaseNew MoonMonday, March 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Next phaseFirst QuarterTuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 15, 2013 at 08:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 14° 45' North
Longitude: 94° 49' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.40 meters/second, 1563.8 km/hour, 971.7 miles/hour or 844.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.3"16.20 miwest0° 00' 07.5"0.15 minorth16.20 mi
1 hour14° 31' 22.1"971.58 miwest0° 07' 33.4"8.66 minorth971.34 mi
24 hours11° 29' 35.7"768.95 mieast2° 39' 20.5"182.62 minorth785.51 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
YangonFri 2:54 PM266 km165 miles143 nmNorth-northeast NNE
Port BlairFri 1:54 PM423 km263 miles228 nmSouthwest SW
NaypyidawFri 2:54 PM570 km354 miles308 nmNorth-northeast NNE
BangkokFri 3:24 PM623 km387 miles336 nmEast E
Chiang MaiFri 3:24 PM631 km392 miles341 nmNortheast NE
PattayaFri 3:24 PM686 km426 miles370 nmEast-southeast ESE
MandalayFri 2:54 PM812 km505 miles439 nmNorth N
Khon KaenFri 3:24 PM880 km547 miles475 nmEast-northeast ENE
ChittagongFri 2:24 PM898 km558 miles485 nmNorth-northwest NNW
VientianeFri 3:24 PM905 km563 miles489 nmEast-northeast ENE
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