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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 05:36:00 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: 78%

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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 05:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 42'	North
Longitude:	31° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.07 meters/second, 1512.2 km/hour, 939.7 miles/hour or 816.5 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' 30.8"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	north	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 56.2"	939.40 mi	west	0° 01' 54.4"	2.19 mi	north	939.31 mi
24 hours	11° 40' 09.9"	755.30 mi	east	0° 19' 02.6"	21.84 mi	north	754.82 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	Fri 4:36 AM	794 km	493 miles	429 nm	ESE
Praia	Fri 4:36 AM	1049 km	652 miles	567 nm	SE
Dakar	Fri 5:36 AM	1621 km	1007 miles	875 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Fri 5:36 AM	1642 km	1020 miles	886 nm	E
Banjul	Fri 5:36 AM	1766 km	1097 miles	953 nm	ESE
Bissau	Fri 5:36 AM	1948 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Fri 5:36 AM	1980 km	1231 miles	1069 nm	ENE
Azores *	Fri 5:36 AM	2000 km	1243 miles	1080 nm	N
Conakry	Fri 5:36 AM	2263 km	1406 miles	1222 nm	ESE
Freetown	Fri 5:36 AM	2371 km	1473 miles	1280 nm	ESE