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.

View Day and Night Map

Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 13:02:00 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 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 13:02:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 39'	South
Longitude:	19° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.39 meters/second, 1574.6 km/hour, 978.4 miles/hour or 850.2 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"	16.31 mi	west	0° 00' 11.1"	0.21 mi	south	16.31 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 19.5"	978.26 mi	west	0° 11' 09.8"	12.79 mi	south	978.01 mi
24 hours	13° 47' 03.1"	933.92 mi	east	4° 05' 10.0"	280.93 mi	south	967.91 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 1:02 PM	1604 km	997 miles	866 nm	ESE
Recife	Mon 10:02 AM	1689 km	1050 miles	912 nm	WNW
Salvador	Mon 10:02 AM	2026 km	1259 miles	1094 nm	W
Monrovia	Mon 1:02 PM	2228 km	1384 miles	1203 nm	NNE
Fortaleza	Mon 10:02 AM	2237 km	1390 miles	1208 nm	WNW
Freetown	Mon 1:02 PM	2346 km	1458 miles	1267 nm	NNE
Conakry	Mon 1:02 PM	2438 km	1515 miles	1316 nm	NNE
Abidjan	Mon 1:02 PM	2572 km	1598 miles	1389 nm	NE
Yamoussoukro	Mon 1:02 PM	2607 km	1620 miles	1407 nm	NE
Bissau	Mon 1:02 PM	2643 km	1643 miles	1427 nm	N