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 30, 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: 98%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 30, 2012 at 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 49'	North
Longitude:	19° 18'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.65 meters/second, 1510.7 km/hour, 938.7 miles/hour or 815.7 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' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.7"	938.48 mi	west	0° 01' 11.3"	1.37 mi	south	938.54 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 23.5"	753.87 mi	east	0° 55' 04.9"	63.16 mi	south	758.76 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 2:14 AM	236 km	147 miles	128 nm	E
Nouakchott	Fri 2:14 AM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	SE
Dakhla	Fri 2:14 AM	471 km	293 miles	255 nm	NE
Santa Maria	Fri 1:14 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	SW
Rosso	Fri 2:14 AM	602 km	374 miles	325 nm	SE
Dakar	Fri 2:14 AM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	SSE
Thiès	Fri 2:14 AM	712 km	442 miles	384 nm	SSE
Mindelo	Fri 1:14 AM	740 km	460 miles	400 nm	SW
Touba	Fri 2:14 AM	752 km	467 miles	406 nm	SSE
Praia	Fri 1:14 AM	791 km	491 miles	427 nm	SW