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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 05:46:00 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: 69%

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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 05:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	North
Longitude:	22° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.09 meters/second, 1508.7 km/hour, 937.5 miles/hour or 814.6 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' 30.6"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.2"	937.22 mi	west	0° 00' 26.7"	0.51 mi	south	937.24 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 43.5"	756.47 mi	east	0° 37' 45.4"	43.30 mi	south	759.28 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
Santa Maria	Sat 4:46 AM	496 km	308 miles	268 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Sat 5:46 AM	528 km	328 miles	285 nm	E
Mindelo	Sat 4:46 AM	548 km	340 miles	296 nm	SW
Praia	Sat 4:46 AM	691 km	429 miles	373 nm	SSW
Dakhla	Sat 5:46 AM	703 km	437 miles	379 nm	ENE
Nouakchott	Sat 5:46 AM	721 km	448 miles	389 nm	ESE
Rosso	Sat 5:46 AM	831 km	516 miles	449 nm	SE
Dakar	Sat 5:46 AM	860 km	534 miles	464 nm	SE
Thiès	Sat 5:46 AM	880 km	547 miles	475 nm	SE
Touba	Sat 5:46 AM	948 km	589 miles	512 nm	SE