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 08:14:00 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	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 08:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 37'	North
Longitude:	34° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.50 meters/second, 1531.8 km/hour, 951.8 miles/hour or 827.1 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' 05.2"	0.10 mi	south	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.1"	951.60 mi	west	0° 05' 18.3"	6.08 mi	south	951.86 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 18.5"	762.03 mi	east	2° 32' 05.0"	174.32 mi	south	786.97 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
Praia	Mon 7:14 AM	1242 km	772 miles	671 nm	ESE
Dakar	Mon 8:14 AM	1874 km	1164 miles	1012 nm	E
Nouakchott	Mon 8:14 AM	1960 km	1218 miles	1058 nm	E
Banjul	Mon 8:14 AM	2002 km	1244 miles	1081 nm	ESE
Bissau	Mon 8:14 AM	2165 km	1345 miles	1169 nm	ESE
Azores *	Mon 8:14 AM	2293 km	1425 miles	1238 nm	NNE
El Aaiún	Mon 8:14 AM	2379 km	1478 miles	1284 nm	ENE
Cayenne	Mon 5:14 AM	2457 km	1527 miles	1327 nm	SW
Conakry	Mon 8:14 AM	2460 km	1528 miles	1328 nm	ESE
Fortaleza	Mon 5:14 AM	2513 km	1562 miles	1357 nm	S