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 02:24:00 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: 98%

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 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 37'	North
Longitude:	26° 37'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.79 meters/second, 1532.8 km/hour, 952.5 miles/hour or 827.7 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' 05.0"	0.10 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 29.9"	952.24 mi	west	0° 04' 58.9"	5.71 mi	north	952.02 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 29.9"	753.46 mi	east	1° 35' 02.7"	108.97 mi	north	757.73 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
Mindelo	Wed 1:24 AM	258 km	160 miles	139 nm	SE
Santa Maria	Wed 1:24 AM	452 km	281 miles	244 nm	ESE
Praia	Wed 1:24 AM	526 km	327 miles	284 nm	SE
Dakar	Wed 2:24 AM	1072 km	666 miles	579 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Wed 2:24 AM	1125 km	699 miles	608 nm	E
Banjul	Wed 2:24 AM	1217 km	756 miles	657 nm	ESE
Bissau	Wed 2:24 AM	1400 km	870 miles	756 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Wed 2:24 AM	1667 km	1036 miles	900 nm	NE
Conakry	Wed 2:24 AM	1718 km	1068 miles	928 nm	SE
Freetown	Wed 2:24 AM	1829 km	1137 miles	988 nm	SE