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 06:36:00 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 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 21'	North
Longitude:	22° 30'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.93 meters/second, 1515.3 km/hour, 941.6 miles/hour or 818.2 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' 43.9"	941.34 mi	west	0° 02' 52.5"	3.30 mi	south	941.49 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 10.2"	758.12 mi	east	1° 35' 26.8"	109.43 mi	south	769.72 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	Sun 5:36 AM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	S
Mindelo	Sun 5:36 AM	464 km	288 miles	251 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Sun 6:36 AM	573 km	356 miles	309 nm	E
Praia	Sun 5:36 AM	610 km	379 miles	330 nm	S
Nouakchott	Sun 6:36 AM	730 km	454 miles	394 nm	ESE
Rosso	Sun 6:36 AM	824 km	512 miles	445 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sun 6:36 AM	827 km	514 miles	446 nm	SE
Thiès	Sun 6:36 AM	852 km	530 miles	460 nm	SE
Touba	Sun 6:36 AM	928 km	577 miles	501 nm	SE
Serekunda	Sun 6:36 AM	984 km	611 miles	531 nm	SE