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 Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 01:20:00 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: 99%

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 Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 01:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 32'	North
Longitude:	11° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.03 meters/second, 1533.7 km/hour, 953.0 miles/hour or 828.1 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' 31.5"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 05.1"	0.10 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 31.3"	952.77 mi	west	0° 05' 04.3"	5.82 mi	north	952.55 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 01.1"	753.33 mi	east	1° 37' 20.7"	111.60 mi	north	757.92 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
Nouakchott	Wed 1:20 AM	516 km	321 miles	279 nm	W
Rosso	Wed 1:20 AM	545 km	339 miles	294 nm	WSW
Touba	Wed 1:20 AM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Wed 1:20 AM	675 km	420 miles	365 nm	WNW
Farafenni	Wed 1:20 AM	728 km	453 miles	393 nm	SW
Bamako	Wed 1:20 AM	732 km	455 miles	395 nm	SSE
Thiès	Wed 1:20 AM	745 km	463 miles	402 nm	WSW
Gabú	Wed 1:20 AM	767 km	477 miles	414 nm	SSW
Dakar	Wed 1:20 AM	797 km	495 miles	431 nm	WSW
Bafatá	Wed 1:20 AM	799 km	497 miles	432 nm	SSW