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 07:10:00 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 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 42'	North
Longitude:	19° 02'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.26 meters/second, 1530.9 km/hour, 951.3 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"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.6"	951.07 mi	west	0° 05' 12.3"	5.97 mi	south	951.33 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 28.5"	761.79 mi	east	2° 29' 48.8"	171.72 mi	south	786.12 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
Nouadhibou	Mon 7:10 AM	324 km	202 miles	175 nm	NE
Nouakchott	Mon 7:10 AM	331 km	205 miles	178 nm	ESE
Rosso	Mon 7:10 AM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	SE
Santa Maria	Mon 6:10 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	WSW
Dakar	Mon 7:10 AM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	SSE
Thiès	Mon 7:10 AM	487 km	303 miles	263 nm	SSE
Touba	Mon 7:10 AM	542 km	337 miles	293 nm	SE
Serekunda	Mon 7:10 AM	635 km	395 miles	343 nm	SSE
Praia	Mon 6:10 AM	635 km	395 miles	343 nm	SW
Banjul	Mon 7:10 AM	638 km	397 miles	345 nm	SSE