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 06:20:00 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: 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 06:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	North
Longitude:	30° 21'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.10 meters/second, 1508.8 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' 00.5"	0.01 mi	south	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.1"	937.24 mi	west	0° 00' 30.0"	0.57 mi	south	937.27 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 43.8"	756.50 mi	east	0° 39' 05.5"	44.82 mi	south	759.45 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 5:20 AM	725 km	451 miles	392 nm	SE
Praia	Sat 5:20 AM	988 km	614 miles	534 nm	SE
Dakar	Sat 6:20 AM	1537 km	955 miles	830 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sat 6:20 AM	1541 km	958 miles	832 nm	E
Banjul	Sat 6:20 AM	1685 km	1047 miles	910 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Sat 6:20 AM	1869 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	ENE
Bissau	Sat 6:20 AM	1871 km	1163 miles	1010 nm	ESE
Azores *	Sat 6:20 AM	1952 km	1213 miles	1054 nm	N
Conakry	Sat 6:20 AM	2190 km	1361 miles	1182 nm	ESE
Freetown	Sat 6:20 AM	2301 km	1430 miles	1242 nm	SE