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, December 10, 2011 at 00:18:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 00:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 23'	North
Longitude:	13° 56'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.45 meters/second, 1492.0 km/hour, 927.1 miles/hour or 805.6 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' 29.3"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 16.6"	926.78 mi	west	0° 01' 27.5"	1.67 mi	north	926.70 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 14.6"	793.56 mi	east	0° 03' 26.6"	3.95 mi	north	793.40 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 12:18 AM	358 km	222 miles	193 nm	WSW
Nouakchott	Sat 12:18 AM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	SSW
El Aaiún	Sat 12:18 AM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	N
Las Palmas (ES-Canary)	Sat 12:18 AM	655 km	407 miles	353 nm	NNW
Rosso	Sat 12:18 AM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	SSW
Touba	Sat 12:18 AM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	SSW
Thiès	Sat 12:18 AM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	SSW
Dakar	Sat 12:18 AM	930 km	578 miles	502 nm	SSW
Agadir	Sat 12:18 AM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	NNE
Farafenni	Sat 12:18 AM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	S