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 12:16:00 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 12:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 30'	South
Longitude:	8° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.64 meters/second, 1575.5 km/hour, 979.0 miles/hour or 850.7 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' 11.1"	0.21 mi	south	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 22.6"	978.82 mi	west	0° 11' 12.9"	12.85 mi	south	978.58 mi
24 hours	13° 45' 48.7"	933.00 mi	east	4° 06' 46.6"	282.77 mi	south	967.60 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 12:16 PM	593 km	369 miles	320 nm	SE
Abidjan	Mon 12:16 PM	1936 km	1203 miles	1045 nm	NNE
Monrovia	Mon 12:16 PM	1983 km	1232 miles	1071 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Mon 12:16 PM	2064 km	1283 miles	1115 nm	N
Accra	Mon 12:16 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1141 nm	NNE
São Tomé	Mon 12:16 PM	2163 km	1344 miles	1168 nm	NE
Lome	Mon 12:16 PM	2246 km	1395 miles	1213 nm	NNE
Freetown	Mon 12:16 PM	2264 km	1407 miles	1223 nm	NNW
Porto Novo	Mon 1:16 PM	2371 km	1473 miles	1280 nm	NNE
Conakry	Mon 12:16 PM	2386 km	1483 miles	1288 nm	NNW