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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 04:36:00 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: 84%

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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 04:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 35'	North
Longitude:	23° 46'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.34 meters/second, 1513.2 km/hour, 940.3 miles/hour or 817.1 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' 30.9"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 53.8"	940.03 mi	west	0° 02' 00.9"	2.31 mi	south	940.14 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 43.0"	751.04 mi	east	1° 14' 29.5"	85.41 mi	south	758.84 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	Sat 3:36 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	SSW
Santa Maria	Sat 3:36 AM	451 km	280 miles	243 nm	SSE
Praia	Sat 3:36 AM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Sat 4:36 AM	702 km	436 miles	379 nm	E
Nouakchott	Sat 4:36 AM	864 km	537 miles	466 nm	ESE
Dakar	Sat 4:36 AM	938 km	583 miles	506 nm	SE
Rosso	Sat 4:36 AM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	ESE
Thiès	Sat 4:36 AM	967 km	601 miles	522 nm	SE
Banjul	Sat 4:36 AM	1099 km	683 miles	594 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Sat 4:36 AM	1297 km	806 miles	701 nm	NE