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 02:04:00 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	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 Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 02:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 48'	North
Longitude:	28° 35'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.72 meters/second, 1511.0 km/hour, 938.9 miles/hour or 815.9 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' 30.7"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.8"	938.62 mi	west	0° 01' 09.6"	1.33 mi	north	938.57 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 41.2"	756.42 mi	east	0° 01' 01.6"	1.18 mi	north	756.38 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	Thu 1:04 AM	575 km	357 miles	311 nm	SE
Praia	Thu 1:04 AM	844 km	524 miles	456 nm	SE
Nouakchott	Thu 2:04 AM	1357 km	843 miles	732 nm	E
Dakar	Thu 2:04 AM	1362 km	846 miles	736 nm	ESE
Banjul	Thu 2:04 AM	1513 km	940 miles	817 nm	ESE
Bissau	Thu 2:04 AM	1703 km	1058 miles	920 nm	ESE
El Aaiún	Thu 2:04 AM	1714 km	1065 miles	925 nm	ENE
Azores	Thu 1:04 AM	1963 km	1220 miles	1060 nm	N
Conakry	Thu 2:04 AM	2026 km	1259 miles	1094 nm	SE
Freetown	Thu 2:04 AM	2139 km	1329 miles	1155 nm	SE