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 09:10:00 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: 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 09:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 58'	North
Longitude:	28° 49'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.71 meters/second, 1518.1 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"	0.08 mi	south	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.8"	943.09 mi	west	0° 03' 59.1"	4.57 mi	south	943.30 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 38.3"	773.45 mi	east	2° 02' 52.1"	140.86 mi	south	790.92 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 8:10 AM	529 km	329 miles	286 nm	SE
Praia	Mon 8:10 AM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	SE
Dakar	Mon 9:10 AM	1344 km	835 miles	725 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Mon 9:10 AM	1367 km	849 miles	738 nm	E
Banjul	Mon 9:10 AM	1490 km	926 miles	805 nm	ESE
Bissau	Mon 9:10 AM	1675 km	1041 miles	905 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Mon 10:10 AM	1779 km	1106 miles	961 nm	ENE
Conakry	Mon 9:10 AM	1993 km	1239 miles	1076 nm	ESE
Azores *	Mon 9:10 AM	2056 km	1277 miles	1110 nm	N
Freetown	Mon 9:10 AM	2104 km	1307 miles	1136 nm	SE