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 Monday, December 12, 2011 at 02:08:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 12, 2011 at 02:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 15'	North
Longitude:	15° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.48 meters/second, 1502.9 km/hour, 933.9 miles/hour or 811.5 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' 28.8"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 04.2"	0.08 mi	south	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 47.2"	933.60 mi	west	0° 04' 18.9"	4.95 mi	south	933.84 mi
24 hours	12° 24' 32.7"	800.17 mi	east	2° 14' 12.0"	153.87 mi	south	820.56 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	Mon 2:08 AM	156 km	97 miles	84 nm	WSW
Nouakchott	Mon 2:08 AM	353 km	220 miles	191 nm	S
Rosso	Mon 2:08 AM	525 km	326 miles	284 nm	S
El Aaiún	Mon 2:08 AM	696 km	432 miles	376 nm	NNE
Touba	Mon 2:08 AM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	S
Thiès	Mon 2:08 AM	729 km	453 miles	394 nm	SSW
Dakar	Mon 2:08 AM	755 km	469 miles	407 nm	SSW
Las Palmas	Mon 2:08 AM	762 km	474 miles	411 nm	N
Farafenni	Mon 2:08 AM	850 km	528 miles	459 nm	S
Banjul	Mon 2:08 AM	870 km	541 miles	470 nm	S