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, September 7, 2012 at 07:10:00 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: 62%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, August 31, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 7, 2012 at 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 14'	North
Longitude:	35° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.40 meters/second, 1517.1 km/hour, 942.7 miles/hour or 819.1 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' 31.1"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 03.3"	0.07 mi	north	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 07.0"	942.40 mi	west	0° 03' 21.5"	3.85 mi	north	942.24 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 48.7"	756.08 mi	east	0° 54' 21.6"	62.33 mi	north	756.42 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	Fri 6:10 AM	1366 km	849 miles	738 nm	ESE
Dakar	Fri 7:10 AM	1978 km	1229 miles	1068 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Fri 7:10 AM	2028 km	1260 miles	1095 nm	E
Banjul	Fri 7:10 AM	2114 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	ESE
Ponta Delgada (Azores) *	Fri 7:10 AM	2145 km	1333 miles	1158 nm	NNE
Bissau	Fri 7:10 AM	2286 km	1420 miles	1234 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Fri 8:10 AM	2361 km	1467 miles	1275 nm	ENE
Cayenne	Fri 4:10 AM	2516 km	1564 miles	1359 nm	SW
Conakry	Fri 7:10 AM	2589 km	1609 miles	1398 nm	ESE
Fortaleza	Fri 4:10 AM	2680 km	1665 miles	1447 nm	S