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 symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 01:48:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 99%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Friday, November 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 01:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 45'	North
Longitude:	17° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.71 meters/second, 1500.2 km/hour, 932.2 miles/hour or 810.0 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 30.0"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 06.2"	931.85 mi	west	0° 03' 10.8"	3.65 mi	north	931.68 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 22.4"	778.01 mi	east	0° 46' 45.8"	53.63 mi	north	777.73 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Nouadhibou	Sat 1:48 AM	105 km	66 miles	57 nm	SSE
Nouakchott	Sat 1:48 AM	439 km	273 miles	237 nm	SSE
Rosso	Sat 1:48 AM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	SSE
Las Palmas	Sat 1:48 AM	739 km	459 miles	399 nm	NNE
El Aaiún	Sat 1:48 AM	745 km	463 miles	402 nm	NE
Thiès	Sat 1:48 AM	772 km	480 miles	417 nm	S
Touba	Sat 1:48 AM	783 km	486 miles	423 nm	SSE
Dakar	Sat 1:48 AM	783 km	487 miles	423 nm	S
Serekunda	Sat 1:48 AM	925 km	574 miles	499 nm	S
Banjul	Sat 1:48 AM	925 km	575 miles	499 nm	S