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, November 28, 2012 at 01:04:00 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%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 2:46 PM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 01:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 48'	North
Longitude:	25° 40'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.61 meters/second, 1521.4 km/hour, 945.3 miles/hour or 821.5 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' 31.1"	15.76 mi	west	0° 00' 03.5"	0.07 mi	north	15.76 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 11.3"	945.10 mi	west	0° 03' 31.0"	4.03 mi	north	944.93 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 11.5"	755.34 mi	east	0° 58' 40.9"	67.28 mi	north	755.99 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 12:04 AM	331 km	205 miles	179 nm	SSE
Santa Maria	Wed 12:04 AM	459 km	285 miles	248 nm	SE
Praia	Wed 12:04 AM	587 km	365 miles	317 nm	SSE
Nouadhibou	Wed 1:04 AM	910 km	565 miles	491 nm	E
Nouakchott	Wed 1:04 AM	1038 km	645 miles	560 nm	E
Dakar	Wed 1:04 AM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	ESE
Banjul	Wed 1:04 AM	1198 km	744 miles	647 nm	SE
Bissau	Wed 1:04 AM	1392 km	865 miles	751 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Wed 1:04 AM	1510 km	938 miles	815 nm	NE
Conakry	Wed 1:04 AM	1718 km	1067 miles	927 nm	SE