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 12:12:00 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	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 30'	South
Longitude:	7° 52'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.66 meters/second, 1575.6 km/hour, 979.0 miles/hour or 850.8 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' 26.3"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 11.2"	0.21 mi	south	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 23.0"	978.87 mi	west	0° 11' 13.2"	12.85 mi	south	978.63 mi
24 hours	13° 45' 42.2"	932.92 mi	east	4° 06' 55.0"	282.93 mi	south	967.58 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 12:12 PM	542 km	337 miles	293 nm	SSE
Abidjan	Mon 12:12 PM	1908 km	1185 miles	1030 nm	NNE
Monrovia	Mon 12:12 PM	1996 km	1241 miles	1078 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Mon 12:12 PM	2045 km	1271 miles	1104 nm	N
Accra	Mon 12:12 PM	2067 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	NNE
São Tomé	Mon 12:12 PM	2078 km	1291 miles	1122 nm	NE
Lome	Mon 12:12 PM	2194 km	1363 miles	1184 nm	NNE
Freetown	Mon 12:12 PM	2288 km	1422 miles	1236 nm	NNW
Porto Novo	Mon 1:12 PM	2313 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	NNE
Libreville	Mon 1:12 PM	2323 km	1444 miles	1255 nm	ENE