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 Sunday, September 9, 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: 43%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 06'	North
Longitude:	11° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.65 meters/second, 1507.1 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' 30.3"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.03 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.2"	936.22 mi	west	0° 01' 21.5"	1.56 mi	south	936.29 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 04.4"	767.13 mi	east	1° 00' 35.0"	69.47 mi	south	772.81 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
Dakhla *	Sun 8:10 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	NW
Nouadhibou	Sun 7:10 AM	556 km	346 miles	300 nm	W
Nouakchott	Sun 7:10 AM	561 km	348 miles	303 nm	SW
Smara *	Sun 8:10 AM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	N
Rosso	Sun 7:10 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	SW
El Aaiún *	Sun 8:10 AM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	NNW
Touba	Sun 7:10 AM	821 km	510 miles	443 nm	SSW
Las Palmas (ES-Canary) *	Sun 8:10 AM	866 km	538 miles	468 nm	NNW
Thiès	Sun 7:10 AM	892 km	554 miles	481 nm	SW
Farafenni	Sun 7:10 AM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	SSW