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, March 28, 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: 31%

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 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 18:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 52'	North
Longitude:	25° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.44 meters/second, 1499.2 km/hour, 931.5 miles/hour or 809.5 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' 30.2"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.8"	931.25 mi	west	0° 00' 30.8"	0.59 mi	north	931.23 mi
24 hours	11° 58' 12.4"	768.63 mi	east	0° 16' 46.6"	19.24 mi	south	769.62 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
Mindelo	Wed 5:14 PM	560 km	348 miles	303 nm	S
Santa Maria	Wed 5:14 PM	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	SSE
Praia	Wed 5:14 PM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	SSE
Nouadhibou	Wed 6:14 PM	929 km	578 miles	502 nm	E
Nouakchott	Wed 6:14 PM	1124 km	698 miles	607 nm	ESE
Dakar	Wed 6:14 PM	1201 km	746 miles	649 nm	SE
Banjul	Wed 6:14 PM	1362 km	846 miles	735 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Wed 6:14 PM	1417 km	881 miles	765 nm	ENE
Bissau	Wed 6:14 PM	1563 km	971 miles	844 nm	SE
Azores *	Wed 6:14 PM	1854 km	1152 miles	1001 nm	N