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, November 1, 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: 96%

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 Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 12'	North
Longitude:	12° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.49 meters/second, 1517.4 km/hour, 942.8 miles/hour or 819.3 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' 31.1"	15.72 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	north	15.72 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 03.5"	942.59 mi	west	0° 02' 50.0"	3.25 mi	north	942.45 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 34.9"	754.96 mi	east	0° 41' 45.4"	47.88 mi	north	754.77 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	Thu 2:14 AM	417 km	259 miles	225 nm	SW
Nouadhibou	Thu 2:14 AM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	W
Rosso	Thu 2:14 AM	523 km	325 miles	283 nm	SW
Touba	Thu 2:14 AM	680 km	422 miles	367 nm	SSW
Thiès	Thu 2:14 AM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	SW
El Aaiún	Thu 2:14 AM	772 km	480 miles	417 nm	N
Dakar	Thu 2:14 AM	791 km	492 miles	427 nm	SW
Farafenni	Thu 2:14 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	SSW
Banjul	Thu 2:14 AM	853 km	530 miles	461 nm	SSW
Serekunda	Thu 2:14 AM	860 km	534 miles	464 nm	SSW