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 05:56:00 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 05:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	North
Longitude:	24° 32'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.09 meters/second, 1508.7 km/hour, 937.5 miles/hour or 814.7 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"	937.23 mi	west	0° 00' 27.7"	0.53 mi	south	937.25 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 43.6"	756.48 mi	east	0° 38' 09.1"	43.75 mi	south	759.33 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	Sat 4:56 AM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	S
Santa Maria	Sat 4:56 AM	518 km	322 miles	280 nm	SSE
Praia	Sat 4:56 AM	683 km	424 miles	369 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Sat 5:56 AM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	E
Dakhla	Sat 5:56 AM	934 km	580 miles	504 nm	ENE
Nouakchott	Sat 5:56 AM	955 km	593 miles	515 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sat 5:56 AM	1029 km	639 miles	556 nm	SE
Banjul	Sat 5:56 AM	1190 km	739 miles	643 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Sat 5:56 AM	1337 km	831 miles	722 nm	ENE
Bissau	Sat 5:56 AM	1392 km	865 miles	752 nm	SE