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, February 4, 2012 at 23:58:00 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: 90%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 4:10 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 23:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	34° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.60 meters/second, 1507.0 km/hour, 936.4 miles/hour or 813.7 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' 28.4"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 04.7"	0.09 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 23.0"	936.11 mi	west	0° 04' 50.5"	5.55 mi	south	936.37 mi
24 hours	12° 38' 02.6"	817.23 mi	east	2° 27' 53.4"	169.55 mi	south	840.88 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
Praia	Sat 10:58 PM	1303 km	810 miles	704 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sat 11:58 PM	1900 km	1180 miles	1026 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sat 11:58 PM	1934 km	1202 miles	1044 nm	E
Banjul	Sat 11:58 PM	2040 km	1268 miles	1102 nm	ESE
Ponta Delgada (Azores)	Sat 10:58 PM	2051 km	1275 miles	1108 nm	NNE
Bissau	Sat 11:58 PM	2217 km	1377 miles	1197 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Sat 11:58 PM	2246 km	1395 miles	1213 nm	ENE
Conakry	Sat 11:58 PM	2525 km	1569 miles	1363 nm	ESE
Freetown	Sat 11:58 PM	2630 km	1634 miles	1420 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Sat 8:58 PM	2631 km	1635 miles	1421 nm	SW