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 Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 18:16:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 46%

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 Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 18:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 59'	South
Longitude:	9° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.62 meters/second, 1539.4 km/hour, 956.6 miles/hour or 831.2 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' 27.2"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	north	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 17.4"	956.41 mi	west	0° 07' 30.2"	8.60 mi	north	956.77 mi
24 hours	12° 42' 21.1"	840.73 mi	east	3° 23' 00.3"	232.64 mi	north	879.11 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	Sun 6:16 PM	468 km	291 miles	253 nm	ENE
Abidjan	Sun 6:16 PM	2551 km	1585 miles	1378 nm	NNE
Monrovia	Sun 6:16 PM	2578 km	1602 miles	1392 nm	N
São Tomé	Sun 6:16 PM	2650 km	1647 miles	1431 nm	NE
Luanda	Sun 7:16 PM	2670 km	1659 miles	1442 nm	ENE
Yamoussoukro	Sun 6:16 PM	2682 km	1666 miles	1448 nm	NNE
Accra	Sun 6:16 PM	2712 km	1685 miles	1465 nm	NNE
Lome	Sun 6:16 PM	2836 km	1762 miles	1532 nm	NNE
Freetown	Sun 6:16 PM	2839 km	1764 miles	1533 nm	N
Libreville	Sun 7:16 PM	2869 km	1782 miles	1549 nm	NE