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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 09:00:00 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: 33%

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 Monday, September 10, 2012 at 09:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 59'	North
Longitude:	26° 24'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.68 meters/second, 1518.0 km/hour, 943.3 miles/hour or 819.7 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"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.07 mi	south	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.8"	943.02 mi	west	0° 03' 58.1"	4.55 mi	south	943.23 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 38.8"	773.41 mi	east	2° 02' 28.7"	140.41 mi	south	790.79 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	Mon 8:00 AM	373 km	232 miles	202 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Mon 8:00 AM	525 km	326 miles	284 nm	SE
Praia	Mon 8:00 AM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	SSE
Nouadhibou	Mon 9:00 AM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	E
Nouakchott	Mon 9:00 AM	1116 km	694 miles	603 nm	E
Dakar	Mon 9:00 AM	1119 km	695 miles	604 nm	ESE
Banjul	Mon 9:00 AM	1272 km	790 miles	687 nm	ESE
Bissau	Mon 9:00 AM	1464 km	910 miles	791 nm	SE
El Aaiún *	Mon 10:00 AM	1562 km	971 miles	843 nm	ENE
Conakry	Mon 9:00 AM	1789 km	1112 miles	966 nm	SE