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 Friday, April 27, 2012 at 18:04:00 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: 34%

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 Friday, April 27, 2012 at 18:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 36'	North
Longitude:	17° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.33 meters/second, 1531.2 km/hour, 951.4 miles/hour or 826.8 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' 30.4"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 06.1"	0.12 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 27.9"	951.23 mi	west	0° 06' 12.0"	7.11 mi	south	951.55 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 56.9"	771.52 mi	east	2° 54' 19.4"	199.81 mi	south	802.99 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
Nouakchott	Fri 6:04 PM	212 km	132 miles	115 nm	ESE
Nouadhibou	Fri 6:04 PM	275 km	171 miles	149 nm	NNE
Rosso	Fri 6:04 PM	322 km	200 miles	174 nm	SE
Thiès	Fri 6:04 PM	434 km	269 miles	234 nm	SSE
Dakar	Fri 6:04 PM	438 km	272 miles	236 nm	S
Touba	Fri 6:04 PM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Fri 5:04 PM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	WSW
Serekunda	Fri 6:04 PM	586 km	364 miles	316 nm	SSE
Banjul	Fri 6:04 PM	588 km	365 miles	317 nm	SSE
Farafenni	Fri 6:04 PM	609 km	378 miles	329 nm	SSE