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 07:24:00 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 07:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 41'	North
Longitude:	22° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.31 meters/second, 1531.1 km/hour, 951.4 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' 30.9"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.7"	951.19 mi	west	0° 05' 13.6"	5.99 mi	south	951.45 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 26.3"	761.84 mi	east	2° 30' 18.5"	172.29 mi	south	786.31 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 6:24 AM	236 km	147 miles	128 nm	SSW
Mindelo	Mon 6:24 AM	337 km	209 miles	182 nm	SW
Praia	Mon 6:24 AM	433 km	269 miles	234 nm	SSW
Nouadhibou	Mon 7:24 AM	617 km	384 miles	333 nm	ENE
Nouakchott	Mon 7:24 AM	684 km	425 miles	370 nm	E
Dakar	Mon 7:24 AM	693 km	431 miles	374 nm	SE
Thiès	Mon 7:24 AM	727 km	452 miles	393 nm	SE
Rosso	Mon 7:24 AM	743 km	461 miles	401 nm	ESE
Touba	Mon 7:24 AM	816 km	507 miles	440 nm	ESE
Serekunda	Mon 7:24 AM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	SE