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 Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 14:24:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

Previous phase	New Moon	Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 14:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 28'	North
Longitude:	23° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.40 meters/second, 1535.0 km/hour, 953.8 miles/hour or 828.9 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' 31.8"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	north	15.90 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 55.2"	953.60 mi	west	0° 05' 57.4"	6.83 mi	north	953.35 mi
24 hours	11° 23' 01.1"	747.08 mi	east	1° 59' 13.0"	136.68 mi	north	755.08 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	Sun 1:24 PM	212 km	132 miles	114 nm	SSE
Mindelo	Sun 1:24 PM	243 km	151 miles	131 nm	SW
Praia	Sun 1:24 PM	392 km	244 miles	212 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Sun 2:24 PM	720 km	447 miles	389 nm	ENE
Dakar	Sun 2:24 PM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sun 2:24 PM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	E
Thiès	Sun 2:24 PM	799 km	496 miles	431 nm	ESE
Rosso	Sun 2:24 PM	833 km	518 miles	450 nm	ESE
Touba	Sun 2:24 PM	894 km	555 miles	483 nm	ESE
Serekunda	Sun 2:24 PM	907 km	564 miles	490 nm	SE