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 09:20:00 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: 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 09:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 57'	North
Longitude:	31° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.73 meters/second, 1518.2 km/hour, 943.4 miles/hour or 819.8 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' 30.2"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	south	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.8"	943.15 mi	west	0° 04' 00.2"	4.59 mi	south	943.36 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 37.7"	773.49 mi	east	2° 03' 15.5"	141.31 mi	south	791.06 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 8:20 AM	742 km	461 miles	401 nm	ESE
Praia	Mon 8:20 AM	991 km	616 miles	535 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 9:20 AM	1578 km	981 miles	852 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Mon 9:20 AM	1618 km	1006 miles	874 nm	E
Banjul	Mon 9:20 AM	1720 km	1068 miles	928 nm	ESE
Bissau	Mon 9:20 AM	1898 km	1179 miles	1025 nm	ESE
El Aaiún *	Mon 10:20 AM	2003 km	1245 miles	1081 nm	ENE
Azores *	Mon 9:20 AM	2079 km	1292 miles	1122 nm	N
Conakry	Mon 9:20 AM	2209 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	ESE
Freetown	Mon 9:20 AM	2316 km	1439 miles	1251 nm	ESE