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 06:36:00 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 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 08'	North
Longitude:	15° 16'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.72 meters/second, 1507.4 km/hour, 936.6 miles/hour or 813.9 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' 30.6"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 39.7"	936.37 mi	west	0° 01' 06.3"	1.27 mi	north	936.31 mi
24 hours	11° 47' 58.1"	761.49 mi	east	0° 00' 59.6"	1.14 mi	south	761.53 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
Nouadhibou	Sat 6:36 AM	185 km	115 miles	100 nm	W
Dakhla *	Sat 7:36 AM	292 km	181 miles	158 nm	NNW
Nouakchott	Sat 6:36 AM	346 km	215 miles	187 nm	SSW
Rosso	Sat 6:36 AM	515 km	320 miles	278 nm	S
Touba	Sat 6:36 AM	697 km	433 miles	376 nm	S
El Aaiún *	Sat 7:36 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	NNE
Smara *	Sat 7:36 AM	721 km	448 miles	389 nm	NNE
Thiès	Sat 6:36 AM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	SSW
Dakar	Sat 6:36 AM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	SSW
Las Palmas *	Sat 7:36 AM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	N