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 Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 03:18:00 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: 96%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 03:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 11'	North
Longitude:	32° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.99 meters/second, 1569.6 km/hour, 975.3 miles/hour or 847.5 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' 32.4"	16.26 mi	west	0° 00' 08.2"	0.16 mi	north	16.26 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 21.6"	975.13 mi	west	0° 08' 10.1"	9.36 mi	north	974.88 mi
24 hours	11° 09' 00.8"	747.88 mi	east	2° 56' 12.7"	201.95 mi	north	769.67 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	Tue 2:18 AM	812 km	504 miles	438 nm	ENE
Praia	Tue 2:18 AM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	E
Dakar	Tue 3:18 AM	1574 km	978 miles	850 nm	E
Banjul	Tue 3:18 AM	1672 km	1039 miles	903 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 3:18 AM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	ENE
Bissau	Tue 3:18 AM	1801 km	1119 miles	973 nm	E
Conakry	Tue 3:18 AM	2060 km	1280 miles	1112 nm	ESE
Fortaleza	Tue 12:18 AM	2112 km	1312 miles	1140 nm	SSW
Freetown	Tue 3:18 AM	2144 km	1332 miles	1158 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Tue 3:18 AM	2425 km	1507 miles	1309 nm	NE