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

Latitude:	18° 43'	North
Longitude:	16° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.22 meters/second, 1530.8 km/hour, 951.2 miles/hour or 826.6 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"	950.99 mi	west	0° 05' 11.4"	5.95 mi	south	951.25 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 30.0"	761.76 mi	east	2° 29' 27.4"	171.32 mi	south	785.99 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 7:00 AM	98 km	61 miles	53 nm	SE
Nouadhibou	Mon 7:00 AM	250 km	155 miles	135 nm	N
Rosso	Mon 7:00 AM	259 km	161 miles	140 nm	SSE
Touba	Mon 7:00 AM	434 km	270 miles	234 nm	S
Thiès	Mon 7:00 AM	435 km	270 miles	235 nm	S
Dakar	Mon 7:00 AM	456 km	283 miles	246 nm	S
Farafenni	Mon 7:00 AM	580 km	360 miles	313 nm	S
Banjul	Mon 7:00 AM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	S
Serekunda	Mon 7:00 AM	584 km	363 miles	316 nm	S
Bafatá	Mon 7:00 AM	755 km	469 miles	407 nm	SSE