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 08:20:00 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: 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 08:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 05'	North
Longitude:	28° 37'	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' 30.2"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 01.3"	0.03 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 20.7"	936.38 mi	west	0° 01' 28.6"	1.69 mi	south	936.46 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 11.8"	767.40 mi	east	1° 03' 25.0"	72.72 mi	south	773.49 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	Sun 7:20 AM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	SE
Praia	Sun 7:20 AM	869 km	540 miles	469 nm	SE
Nouakchott	Sun 8:20 AM	1366 km	849 miles	737 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sun 8:20 AM	1380 km	857 miles	745 nm	ESE
Banjul	Sun 8:20 AM	1532 km	952 miles	827 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Sun 9:20 AM	1703 km	1058 miles	920 nm	ENE
Bissau	Sun 8:20 AM	1723 km	1071 miles	931 nm	SE
Azores *	Sun 8:20 AM	1932 km	1201 miles	1043 nm	N
Conakry	Sun 8:20 AM	2047 km	1272 miles	1105 nm	SE
Freetown	Sun 8:20 AM	2160 km	1342 miles	1166 nm	SE