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 Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 13:52:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 4:25 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 13:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 30'	North
Longitude:	22° 51'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 432.43 meters/second, 1556.7 km/hour, 967.3 miles/hour or 840.6 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"	16.12 mi	west	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	south	16.12 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 28.5"	967.16 mi	west	0° 08' 28.6"	9.72 mi	south	967.53 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 11.7"	781.35 mi	east	3° 44' 39.0"	257.41 mi	south	828.81 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	Thu 12:52 PM	97 km	60 miles	52 nm	SW
Santa Maria	Thu 12:52 PM	122 km	76 miles	66 nm	N
Mindelo	Thu 12:52 PM	276 km	171 miles	149 nm	NW
Dakar	Thu 1:52 PM	589 km	366 miles	318 nm	E
Thiès	Thu 1:52 PM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	E
Serekunda	Thu 1:52 PM	702 km	436 miles	379 nm	ESE
Banjul	Thu 1:52 PM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	ESE
Touba	Thu 1:52 PM	752 km	467 miles	406 nm	E
Rosso	Thu 1:52 PM	762 km	473 miles	411 nm	E
Nouakchott	Thu 1:52 PM	786 km	488 miles	424 nm	ENE