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 07:20:00 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: 52%

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 07:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 09'	North
Longitude:	25° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.67 meters/second, 1507.2 km/hour, 936.5 miles/hour or 813.8 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' 30.6"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	north	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 39.0"	936.27 mi	west	0° 01' 02.1"	1.19 mi	north	936.22 mi
24 hours	11° 48' 11.3"	761.66 mi	east	0° 02' 45.7"	3.17 mi	south	761.78 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
Mindelo	Sat 6:20 AM	482 km	299 miles	260 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Sat 6:20 AM	594 km	369 miles	321 nm	SSE
Praia	Sat 6:20 AM	735 km	457 miles	397 nm	SSE
Nouadhibou	Sat 7:20 AM	922 km	573 miles	498 nm	E
Nouakchott	Sat 7:20 AM	1095 km	681 miles	591 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sat 7:20 AM	1149 km	714 miles	620 nm	SE
Banjul	Sat 7:20 AM	1307 km	812 miles	706 nm	SE
El Aaiún *	Sat 8:20 AM	1451 km	902 miles	784 nm	ENE
Bissau	Sat 7:20 AM	1506 km	936 miles	813 nm	SE
Conakry	Sat 7:20 AM	1835 km	1140 miles	991 nm	SE