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 Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 06:36:00 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: 53%
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 06:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||21° 08' ||North|
|Longitude: ||15° 16' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.72 meters/second, 1507.4 km/hour, 936.6 miles/hour or 813.9 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' 30.6"||15.61 mi||west||0° 00' 01.1"||0.02 mi||north||15.61 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 39.7"||936.37 mi||west||0° 01' 06.3"||1.27 mi||north||936.31 mi|
|24 hours||11° 47' 58.1"||761.49 mi||east||0° 00' 59.6"||1.14 mi||south||761.53 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Nouadhibou||Sat 6:36 AM||185 km||115 miles||100 nm|| W|
|Dakhla *||Sat 7:36 AM||292 km||181 miles||158 nm|| NNW|
|Nouakchott||Sat 6:36 AM||346 km||215 miles||187 nm|| SSW|
|Rosso||Sat 6:36 AM||515 km||320 miles||278 nm|| S|
|Touba||Sat 6:36 AM||697 km||433 miles||376 nm|| S|
|El Aaiún *||Sat 7:36 AM||699 km||434 miles||377 nm|| NNE|
|Smara *||Sat 7:36 AM||721 km||448 miles||389 nm|| NNE|
|Thiès||Sat 6:36 AM||723 km||449 miles||390 nm|| SSW|
|Dakar||Sat 6:36 AM||751 km||467 miles||406 nm|| SSW|
|Las Palmas *||Sat 7:36 AM||776 km||482 miles||419 nm|| N|
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