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 07:14:00 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 07:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 42'	North
Longitude:	20° 00'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.28 meters/second, 1531.0 km/hour, 951.3 miles/hour or 826.7 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"	951.10 mi	west	0° 05' 12.8"	5.98 mi	south	951.37 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 27.9"	761.81 mi	east	2° 29' 57.2"	171.89 mi	south	786.17 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
Santa Maria	Mon 6:14 AM	386 km	240 miles	208 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Mon 7:14 AM	398 km	247 miles	215 nm	NE
Nouakchott	Mon 7:14 AM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	E
Rosso	Mon 7:14 AM	507 km	315 miles	274 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 7:14 AM	523 km	325 miles	283 nm	SSE
Thiès	Mon 7:14 AM	542 km	337 miles	293 nm	SE
Praia	Mon 6:14 AM	561 km	349 miles	303 nm	SW
Mindelo	Mon 6:14 AM	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	WSW
Touba	Mon 7:14 AM	611 km	380 miles	330 nm	SE
Serekunda	Mon 7:14 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	SSE