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 Monday, November 5, 2012 at 07:10:00 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: 67%

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 Monday, November 5, 2012 at 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 58'	North
Longitude:	37° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.77 meters/second, 1547.2 km/hour, 961.4 miles/hour or 835.4 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"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 32.8"	961.19 mi	west	0° 06' 33.9"	7.53 mi	south	961.50 mi
24 hours	11° 19' 27.0"	749.40 mi	east	2° 59' 22.7"	205.57 mi	south	782.47 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
Praia	Mon 6:10 AM	1565 km	972 miles	845 nm	E
Cayenne	Mon 4:10 AM	2054 km	1276 miles	1109 nm	SW
Dakar	Mon 7:10 AM	2215 km	1376 miles	1196 nm	E
Paramaribo	Mon 4:10 AM	2241 km	1393 miles	1210 nm	WSW
Fortaleza	Mon 4:10 AM	2291 km	1424 miles	1237 nm	S
Banjul	Mon 7:10 AM	2331 km	1449 miles	1259 nm	E
Nouakchott	Mon 7:10 AM	2338 km	1453 miles	1263 nm	E
Belém	Mon 4:10 AM	2340 km	1454 miles	1263 nm	SSW
Bridgetown	Mon 3:10 AM	2364 km	1469 miles	1276 nm	W
Georgetown	Mon 3:10 AM	2465 km	1532 miles	1331 nm	WSW