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 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 06:50:00 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: 50%

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 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 06:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 44'	North
Longitude:	14° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.19 meters/second, 1530.7 km/hour, 951.1 miles/hour or 826.5 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' 30.8"	15.85 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.85 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.5"	950.91 mi	west	0° 05' 10.5"	5.93 mi	south	951.17 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 31.7"	761.72 mi	east	2° 29' 06.1"	170.91 mi	south	785.86 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
Nouakchott	Mon 6:50 AM	201 km	125 miles	109 nm	WSW
Rosso	Mon 6:50 AM	299 km	186 miles	161 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Mon 6:50 AM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	NW
Touba	Mon 6:50 AM	464 km	288 miles	251 nm	SSW
Thiès	Mon 6:50 AM	524 km	325 miles	283 nm	SW
Dakar	Mon 6:50 AM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	SW
Farafenni	Mon 6:50 AM	590 km	367 miles	319 nm	SSW
Banjul	Mon 6:50 AM	638 km	396 miles	344 nm	SSW
Serekunda	Mon 6:50 AM	643 km	400 miles	347 nm	SSW
Gabú	Mon 6:50 AM	714 km	444 miles	386 nm	S