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 29, 2012 at 01:20:00 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: 100%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 01:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 47' | North |
| Longitude: | 17° 56' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.76 meters/second, 1511.1 km/hour, 939.0 miles/hour or 816.0 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' 30.8" | 15.65 mi | west | 0° 00' 01.2" | 0.02 mi | north | 15.65 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 49.3" | 938.73 mi | west | 0° 01' 13.9" | 1.41 mi | north | 938.66 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 41' 38.3" | 756.44 mi | east | 0° 02' 44.3" | 3.14 mi | north | 756.33 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 | Thu 1:20 AM | 95 km | 59 miles | 51 nm | E |
| Nouakchott | Thu 1:20 AM | 363 km | 225 miles | 196 nm | SE |
| Rosso | Thu 1:20 AM | 524 km | 325 miles | 283 nm | SSE |
| Thiès | Thu 1:20 AM | 671 km | 417 miles | 362 nm | S |
| Dakar | Thu 1:20 AM | 679 km | 422 miles | 366 nm | S |
| Touba | Thu 1:20 AM | 691 km | 429 miles | 373 nm | SSE |
| Serekunda | Thu 1:20 AM | 824 km | 512 miles | 445 nm | S |
| Banjul | Thu 1:20 AM | 825 km | 512 miles | 445 nm | S |
| Farafenni | Thu 1:20 AM | 836 km | 520 miles | 451 nm | SSE |
| Las Palmas | Thu 1:20 AM | 852 km | 529 miles | 460 nm | NNE |
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