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 Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 03:20:00 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: 86%

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 Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 03:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 18'	North
Longitude:	10° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.00 meters/second, 1526.4 km/hour, 948.5 miles/hour or 824.2 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' 31.3"	15.81 mi	west	0° 00' 04.3"	0.08 mi	north	15.81 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 21.5"	948.22 mi	west	0° 04' 20.10"	4.99 mi	north	948.03 mi
24 hours	11° 32' 12.9"	753.36 mi	east	1° 19' 07.2"	90.72 mi	north	755.72 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
Nouakchott	Thu 3:20 AM	644 km	400 miles	348 nm	W
Rosso	Thu 3:20 AM	688 km	427 miles	371 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Thu 3:20 AM	758 km	471 miles	409 nm	WNW
Bamako	Thu 3:20 AM	767 km	477 miles	414 nm	SSE
Touba	Thu 3:20 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	SW
Farafenni	Thu 3:20 AM	871 km	541 miles	470 nm	SW
Thiès	Thu 3:20 AM	890 km	553 miles	480 nm	WSW
Gabú	Thu 3:20 AM	899 km	558 miles	485 nm	SSW
Koutiala	Thu 3:20 AM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	SSE
El Aaiún	Thu 3:20 AM	929 km	577 miles	502 nm	NNW