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 Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 15:36:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 14%

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 Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 15:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	South
Longitude:	13° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.31 meters/second, 1498.7 km/hour, 931.3 miles/hour or 809.2 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' 23.0"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 03.7"	931.02 mi	west	0° 02' 11.7"	2.52 mi	south	930.91 mi
24 hours	14° 41' 08.3"	950.51 mi	east	0° 11' 14.2"	12.88 mi	south	950.01 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	Thu 3:36 PM	1017 km	632 miles	549 nm	ENE
Recife	Thu 12:36 PM	2647 km	1645 miles	1429 nm	WNW
Monrovia	Thu 3:36 PM	3006 km	1868 miles	1623 nm	N
Rio de Janeiro	Thu 12:36 PM	3028 km	1882 miles	1635 nm	W
Abidjan	Thu 3:36 PM	3074 km	1910 miles	1660 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Thu 3:36 PM	3186 km	1980 miles	1720 nm	NNE
Luanda	Thu 4:36 PM	3199 km	1988 miles	1727 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Thu 5:36 PM	3216 km	1998 miles	1736 nm	E
Freetown	Thu 3:36 PM	3227 km	2005 miles	1742 nm	N
São Tomé	Thu 3:36 PM	3237 km	2011 miles	1748 nm	NE