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 Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 12:02:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 2%

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 Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 12:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 42'	South
Longitude:	18° 34'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.37 meters/second, 1599.7 km/hour, 994.0 miles/hour or 863.8 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' 27.9"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.57 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 00.0"	993.92 mi	west	0° 12' 23.4"	14.19 mi	south	993.81 mi
24 hours	13° 06' 07.8"	900.18 mi	east	4° 45' 55.3"	327.53 mi	south	952.80 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
Monrovia	Sun 12:02 PM	1677 km	1042 miles	906 nm	NNE
Jamestown	Sun 12:02 PM	1733 km	1077 miles	936 nm	SE
Freetown	Sun 12:02 PM	1780 km	1106 miles	961 nm	NNE
Recife	Sun 9:02 AM	1808 km	1124 miles	976 nm	W
Conakry	Sun 12:02 PM	1871 km	1163 miles	1010 nm	NNE
Bissau	Sun 12:02 PM	2079 km	1292 miles	1122 nm	N
Abidjan	Sun 12:02 PM	2092 km	1300 miles	1130 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Sun 12:02 PM	2100 km	1305 miles	1134 nm	NE
Banjul	Sun 12:02 PM	2239 km	1391 miles	1209 nm	N
Fortaleza	Sun 9:02 AM	2243 km	1394 miles	1211 nm	W