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 07:54:00 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	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 8, 2012 at 07:54:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 39'	North
Longitude:	29° 41'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.42 meters/second, 1531.5 km/hour, 951.6 miles/hour or 827.0 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' 52.0"	951.43 mi	west	0° 05' 16.5"	6.05 mi	south	951.70 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 21.6"	761.95 mi	east	2° 31' 22.5"	173.51 mi	south	786.70 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
Mindelo	Mon 6:54 AM	534 km	332 miles	289 nm	ESE
Praia	Mon 6:54 AM	776 km	482 miles	419 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 7:54 AM	1378 km	856 miles	744 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Mon 7:54 AM	1449 km	901 miles	783 nm	E
Banjul	Mon 7:54 AM	1515 km	941 miles	818 nm	ESE
Bissau	Mon 7:54 AM	1689 km	1050 miles	912 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Mon 7:54 AM	1933 km	1201 miles	1044 nm	ENE
Conakry	Mon 7:54 AM	1997 km	1241 miles	1078 nm	ESE
Freetown	Mon 7:54 AM	2102 km	1306 miles	1135 nm	ESE
Azores *	Mon 7:54 AM	2207 km	1371 miles	1192 nm	N