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, March 26, 2012 at 17:20:00 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: 15%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 26, 2012 at 17:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 25'	North
Longitude:	36° 09'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.82 meters/second, 1525.8 km/hour, 948.1 miles/hour or 823.8 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' 31.6"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 38.2"	947.81 mi	west	0° 05' 14.6"	6.01 mi	north	947.57 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 40.7"	750.03 mi	east	1° 40' 50.7"	115.63 mi	north	754.95 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	Mon 4:20 PM	1434 km	891 miles	774 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 5:20 PM	2060 km	1280 miles	1112 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Mon 5:20 PM	2132 km	1325 miles	1151 nm	E
Banjul	Mon 5:20 PM	2191 km	1362 miles	1183 nm	ESE
Azores *	Mon 5:20 PM	2257 km	1402 miles	1218 nm	NNE
Bissau	Mon 5:20 PM	2357 km	1464 miles	1273 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Mon 2:20 PM	2376 km	1477 miles	1283 nm	SW
El Aaiún	Mon 5:20 PM	2495 km	1550 miles	1347 nm	ENE
Paramaribo	Mon 2:20 PM	2550 km	1585 miles	1377 nm	SW
Fortaleza	Mon 2:20 PM	2577 km	1601 miles	1391 nm	S