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 Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 02:14:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 12'	North
Longitude:	35° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.74 meters/second, 1554.3 km/hour, 965.8 miles/hour or 839.2 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' 32.0"	16.10 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	north	16.10 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 04.3"	965.58 mi	west	0° 06' 56.0"	7.95 mi	north	965.33 mi
24 hours	11° 16' 56.7"	749.59 mi	east	2° 24' 39.4"	165.81 mi	north	763.03 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
Praia	Tue 1:14 AM	1290 km	802 miles	697 nm	E
Dakar	Tue 2:14 AM	1943 km	1207 miles	1049 nm	E
Banjul	Tue 2:14 AM	2056 km	1278 miles	1110 nm	E
Nouakchott	Tue 2:14 AM	2084 km	1295 miles	1125 nm	E
Bissau	Tue 2:14 AM	2200 km	1367 miles	1188 nm	E
Cayenne	Mon 11:14 PM	2223 km	1381 miles	1200 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Mon 11:14 PM	2232 km	1387 miles	1205 nm	S
Belém	Mon 11:14 PM	2420 km	1503 miles	1306 nm	SW
Paramaribo	Mon 11:14 PM	2436 km	1513 miles	1315 nm	WSW
Conakry	Tue 2:14 AM	2473 km	1537 miles	1335 nm	ESE