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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: 99%
Previous phaseFull MoonSunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM
Next phaseThird QuarterSunday, February 3, 2013 at 1:57 PM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 22:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 11° 05' North
Longitude: 34° 58' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.06 meters/second, 1587.8 km/hour, 986.6 miles/hour or 857.4 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.8"16.44 miwest0° 00' 09.5"0.18 misouth16.44 mi
1 hour14° 31' 55.0"986.54 miwest0° 09' 35.3"10.98 misouth986.87 mi
24 hours11° 11' 08.4"759.40 mieast4° 04' 09.3"279.68 misouth813.59 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
MalakalMon 1:20 AM400 km248 miles216 nmWest-southwest WSW
Addis AbabaMon 1:20 AM474 km295 miles256 nmEast-southeast ESE
TeseneyMon 1:20 AM482 km300 miles260 nmNorth-northeast NNE
KassalaMon 1:20 AM508 km316 miles274 nmNorth-northeast NNE
AdamaMon 1:20 AM550 km342 miles297 nmEast-southeast ESE
Mek'eleMon 1:20 AM559 km347 miles302 nmEast-northeast ENE
KhartoumMon 1:20 AM565 km351 miles305 nmNorth-northwest NNW
AsmaraMon 1:20 AM638 km396 miles345 nmNortheast NE
KerenMon 1:20 AM643 km399 miles347 nmNortheast NE
Dire DawaMon 1:20 AM773 km481 miles418 nmEast-southeast ESE
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