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, February 27, 2012 at 17:34:00 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: 29%

Previous phase	New Moon	Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, February 27, 2012 at 17:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 58'	North
Longitude:	20° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.75 meters/second, 1539.9 km/hour, 956.8 miles/hour or 831.5 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' 32.2"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 06.6"	0.13 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 12.0"	956.61 mi	west	0° 06' 41.9"	7.68 mi	north	956.34 mi
24 hours	11° 17' 51.2"	743.53 mi	east	2° 17' 55.0"	158.11 mi	north	755.23 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
Santa Maria	Mon 4:34 PM	292 km	181 miles	157 nm	WSW
Praia	Mon 4:34 PM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	SW
Mindelo	Mon 4:34 PM	485 km	301 miles	262 nm	WSW
Nouakchott	Mon 5:34 PM	486 km	302 miles	262 nm	E
Dakar	Mon 5:34 PM	495 km	307 miles	267 nm	SE
Nouadhibou	Mon 5:34 PM	496 km	308 miles	268 nm	NE
Thiès	Mon 5:34 PM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	SE
Rosso	Mon 5:34 PM	531 km	330 miles	287 nm	ESE
Touba	Mon 5:34 PM	607 km	377 miles	328 nm	SE
Serekunda	Mon 5:34 PM	651 km	405 miles	352 nm	SE