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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 08:00:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 40%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 08:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||16° 06' ||North|
|Longitude: ||19° 31' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.40 meters/second, 1553.0 km/hour, 965.0 miles/hour or 838.6 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 30.9"||16.08 mi||west||0° 00' 07.4"||0.14 mi||south||16.08 mi|
|1 hour||14° 31' 01.2"||964.85 mi||west||0° 07' 24.2"||8.49 mi||south||965.19 mi|
|24 hours||11° 34' 33.7"||769.44 mi||east||3° 20' 04.2"||229.27 mi||south||808.62 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Dakar||Tue 8:00 AM||274 km||170 miles||148 nm|| SE|
|Thiès||Tue 8:00 AM||313 km||194 miles||169 nm|| ESE|
|Santa Maria||Tue 7:00 AM||367 km||228 miles||198 nm|| W|
|Rosso||Tue 8:00 AM||399 km||248 miles||215 nm|| E|
|Touba||Tue 8:00 AM||413 km||257 miles||223 nm|| ESE|
|Serekunda||Tue 8:00 AM||424 km||264 miles||229 nm|| SE|
|Banjul||Tue 8:00 AM||432 km||268 miles||233 nm|| SE|
|Nouakchott||Tue 8:00 AM||435 km||270 miles||235 nm|| ENE|
|Praia||Tue 7:00 AM||449 km||279 miles||243 nm|| WSW|
|Farafenni||Tue 8:00 AM||506 km||314 miles||273 nm|| ESE|
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