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 15, 2012 at 11:52:00 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 is probably impossible to see from earth

Fraction of moon illuminated: 0%

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 15, 2012 at 11:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 26'	South
Longitude:	3° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.77 meters/second, 1576.0 km/hour, 979.3 miles/hour or 851.0 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' 26.3"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	south	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 24.3"	979.11 mi	west	0° 11' 14.5"	12.88 mi	south	978.87 mi
24 hours	13° 45' 09.8"	932.52 mi	east	4° 07' 36.6"	283.72 mi	south	967.44 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
Jamestown	Mon 11:52 AM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	SSW
São Tomé	Mon 11:52 AM	1693 km	1052 miles	914 nm	NE
Luanda	Mon 12:52 PM	1807 km	1123 miles	976 nm	E
Abidjan	Mon 11:52 AM	1856 km	1153 miles	1002 nm	N
Libreville	Mon 12:52 PM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	NE
Accra	Mon 11:52 AM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	N
Lome	Mon 11:52 AM	1999 km	1242 miles	1079 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Mon 11:52 AM	2033 km	1263 miles	1098 nm	N
Porto Novo	Mon 12:52 PM	2086 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	NNE
Lagos	Mon 12:52 PM	2101 km	1306 miles	1135 nm	NNE