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 07:00:00 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 07:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 20'	North
Longitude:	28° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.98 meters/second, 1515.5 km/hour, 941.7 miles/hour or 818.3 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' 30.7"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.05 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.9"	941.46 mi	west	0° 02' 54.8"	3.34 mi	south	941.61 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 07.2"	758.15 mi	east	1° 36' 21.5"	110.48 mi	south	769.94 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	Sun 6:00 AM	517 km	321 miles	279 nm	SE
Praia	Sun 6:00 AM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	SE
Dakar	Sun 7:00 AM	1313 km	816 miles	709 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Sun 7:00 AM	1319 km	820 miles	712 nm	E
Banjul	Sun 7:00 AM	1462 km	909 miles	790 nm	ESE
Bissau	Sun 7:00 AM	1651 km	1026 miles	891 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Sun 7:00 AM	1714 km	1065 miles	925 nm	ENE
Ponta Delgada (Azores) *	Sun 7:00 AM	1947 km	1210 miles	1051 nm	N
Conakry	Sun 7:00 AM	1972 km	1225 miles	1065 nm	SE
Freetown	Sun 7:00 AM	2084 km	1295 miles	1125 nm	SE