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 Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 05:36:00 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: 53%

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 Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 05:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 07'	North
Longitude:	0° 45'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.78 meters/second, 1507.6 km/hour, 936.8 miles/hour or 814.0 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' 30.7"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 40.6"	936.52 mi	west	0° 01' 12.3"	1.38 mi	north	936.45 mi
24 hours	11° 47' 39.4"	761.26 mi	east	0° 01' 24.6"	1.62 mi	north	761.20 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
Niamey	Sat 6:36 AM	895 km	556 miles	483 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Sat 5:36 AM	971 km	604 miles	524 nm	S
Koudougou	Sat 5:36 AM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	S
Bamako	Sat 5:36 AM	1213 km	754 miles	655 nm	SW
Marrakech *	Sat 6:36 AM	1370 km	851 miles	740 nm	NNW
Kano	Sat 6:36 AM	1412 km	877 miles	762 nm	SE
El Aaiún *	Sat 6:36 AM	1430 km	888 miles	772 nm	WNW
Fes *	Sat 6:36 AM	1491 km	927 miles	805 nm	NNW
Casablanca *	Sat 6:36 AM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	NNW
Rabat *	Sat 6:36 AM	1552 km	964 miles	838 nm	NNW