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 18:08:00 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 18:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 36'	North
Longitude:	18° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.35 meters/second, 1531.3 km/hour, 951.5 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"	951.27 mi	west	0° 06' 12.4"	7.12 mi	south	951.59 mi
24 hours	11° 45' 56.0"	771.54 mi	east	2° 54' 28.0"	199.98 mi	south	803.05 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 6:08 PM	312 km	194 miles	168 nm	E
Nouadhibou	Fri 6:08 PM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	NE
Rosso	Fri 6:08 PM	399 km	248 miles	216 nm	SE
Dakar	Fri 6:08 PM	461 km	286 miles	249 nm	SSE
Thiès	Fri 6:08 PM	469 km	291 miles	253 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Fri 5:08 PM	481 km	299 miles	260 nm	WSW
Touba	Fri 6:08 PM	522 km	324 miles	282 nm	SE
Serekunda	Fri 6:08 PM	617 km	383 miles	333 nm	SSE
Banjul	Fri 6:08 PM	620 km	385 miles	335 nm	SSE
Praia	Fri 5:08 PM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	SW