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 Wednesday, October 31, 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: 99%

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 Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 02:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 36'	North
Longitude:	24° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.83 meters/second, 1533.0 km/hour, 952.5 miles/hour or 827.7 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' 31.5"	15.88 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.10 mi	north	15.88 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 30.1"	952.32 mi	west	0° 04' 59.8"	5.73 mi	north	952.11 mi
24 hours	11° 29' 25.4"	753.44 mi	east	1° 35' 24.3"	109.38 mi	north	757.76 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
Mindelo	Wed 1:14 AM	208 km	129 miles	112 nm	SSW
Santa Maria	Wed 1:14 AM	261 km	162 miles	141 nm	SSE
Praia	Wed 1:14 AM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	S
Nouadhibou	Wed 2:14 AM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	ENE
Dakar	Wed 2:14 AM	842 km	523 miles	455 nm	ESE
Nouakchott	Wed 2:14 AM	870 km	541 miles	470 nm	E
Thiès	Wed 2:14 AM	882 km	548 miles	476 nm	ESE
Rosso	Wed 2:14 AM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	ESE
Touba	Wed 2:14 AM	978 km	608 miles	528 nm	ESE
Serekunda	Wed 2:14 AM	986 km	613 miles	532 nm	SE