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 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 18:14:00 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: 47%

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 Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 18:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 43'	North
Longitude:	7° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.91 meters/second, 1500.9 km/hour, 932.6 miles/hour or 810.4 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' 30.3"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	north	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 20.2"	932.29 mi	west	0° 02' 16.4"	2.61 mi	north	932.17 mi
24 hours	12° 00' 46.4"	772.17 mi	east	0° 25' 36.3"	29.37 mi	north	771.58 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
El Aaiún	Wed 6:14 PM	851 km	529 miles	459 nm	NW
Agadir	Wed 6:14 PM	992 km	617 miles	536 nm	NNW
Nouakchott	Wed 6:14 PM	997 km	619 miles	538 nm	WSW
Bamako	Wed 6:14 PM	1007 km	626 miles	544 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Wed 6:14 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	W
Marrakech	Wed 6:14 PM	1101 km	684 miles	594 nm	N
Ouagadougou	Wed 6:14 PM	1201 km	746 miles	649 nm	SSE
Casablanca	Wed 6:14 PM	1317 km	818 miles	711 nm	N
Dakar	Wed 6:14 PM	1328 km	825 miles	717 nm	SW
Banjul	Wed 6:14 PM	1346 km	836 miles	727 nm	SW