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 Sunday, October 7, 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: 60%

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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 05:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 23'	North
Longitude:	7° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.80 meters/second, 1514.9 km/hour, 941.3 miles/hour or 818.0 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"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.6"	941.05 mi	west	0° 02' 46.7"	3.19 mi	south	941.20 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 17.5"	758.02 mi	east	1° 33' 09.7"	106.81 mi	south	769.18 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
Bamako	Sun 5:36 AM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	S
Nouakchott	Sun 5:36 AM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	WSW
El Aaiún	Sun 5:36 AM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	NW
Koutiala	Sun 5:36 AM	926 km	575 miles	500 nm	SSE
Rosso	Sun 5:36 AM	930 km	578 miles	502 nm	WSW
Nouadhibou	Sun 5:36 AM	945 km	587 miles	510 nm	W
Ouagadougou	Sun 5:36 AM	1124 km	698 miles	607 nm	SE
Dakar	Sun 5:36 AM	1185 km	737 miles	640 nm	WSW
Banjul	Sun 5:36 AM	1194 km	742 miles	645 nm	SW
Bissau	Sun 5:36 AM	1245 km	774 miles	672 nm	SW