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 07:36:00 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 07:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 18'	North
Longitude:	37° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.06 meters/second, 1515.8 km/hour, 941.9 miles/hour or 818.5 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"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.0"	941.64 mi	west	0° 02' 58.3"	3.41 mi	south	941.79 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 02.6"	758.21 mi	east	1° 37' 43.4"	112.04 mi	south	770.27 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
Praia	Sun 6:36 AM	1550 km	963 miles	837 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sun 7:36 AM	2169 km	1348 miles	1171 nm	ESE
Ponta Delgada (Azores) *	Sun 7:36 AM	2223 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	NNE
Nouakchott	Sun 7:36 AM	2224 km	1382 miles	1201 nm	E
Banjul	Sun 7:36 AM	2303 km	1431 miles	1244 nm	ESE
Cayenne	Sun 4:36 AM	2375 km	1476 miles	1282 nm	SW
Bissau	Sun 7:36 AM	2472 km	1536 miles	1335 nm	ESE
Paramaribo	Sun 4:36 AM	2533 km	1574 miles	1368 nm	SW
Bridgetown	Sun 3:36 AM	2536 km	1576 miles	1369 nm	WSW
El Aaiún	Sun 7:36 AM	2539 km	1578 miles	1371 nm	ENE