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 Friday, November 2, 2012 at 03:20:00 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: 90%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 03:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 54' | North |
| Longitude: | 17° 02' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.45 meters/second, 1510.0 km/hour, 938.3 miles/hour or 815.3 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' 30.7" | 15.64 mi | west | 0° 00' 00.5" | 0.01 mi | north | 15.64 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 50.2" | 938.02 mi | west | 0° 00' 25.8" | 0.49 mi | north | 937.99 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 46.9" | 753.86 mi | east | 0° 16' 28.2" | 18.89 mi | south | 754.78 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 |
|---|
| Nouadhibou | Fri 3:20 AM | 4 km | 3 miles | 2 nm |  N |
| Nouakchott | Fri 3:20 AM | 331 km | 206 miles | 179 nm |  SSE |
| Rosso | Fri 3:20 AM | 503 km | 313 miles | 272 nm | SSE |
| Thiès | Fri 3:20 AM | 676 km | 420 miles | 365 nm |  S |
| Touba | Fri 3:20 AM | 679 km | 422 miles | 367 nm | S |
| Dakar | Fri 3:20 AM | 691 km | 429 miles | 373 nm | S |
| El Aaiún | Fri 3:20 AM | 795 km | 494 miles | 429 nm |  NNE |
| Las Palmas | Fri 3:20 AM | 817 km | 508 miles | 441 nm | N |
| Farafenni | Fri 3:20 AM | 826 km | 513 miles | 446 nm | S |
| Banjul | Fri 3:20 AM | 826 km | 513 miles | 446 nm | S |
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