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 07:34:00 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 07:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 06'	North
Longitude:	17° 29'	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' 30.4"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.03 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 21.0"	936.27 mi	west	0° 01' 24.0"	1.60 mi	south	936.35 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 07.0"	767.22 mi	east	1° 01' 33.2"	70.58 mi	south	773.04 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	Sun 7:34 AM	50 km	31 miles	27 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sun 7:34 AM	369 km	229 miles	199 nm	SSE
Rosso	Sun 7:34 AM	538 km	334 miles	290 nm	SSE
Thiès	Sun 7:34 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	S
Touba	Sun 7:34 AM	710 km	441 miles	384 nm	SSE
Dakar	Sun 7:34 AM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	S
El Aaiún *	Sun 8:34 AM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	NNE
Las Palmas *	Sun 8:34 AM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	NNE
Serekunda	Sun 7:34 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	S
Banjul	Sun 7:34 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	S