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 Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 07:10:00 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: 43%
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||21° 06' ||North|
|Longitude: ||11° 41' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.65 meters/second, 1507.1 km/hour, 936.5 miles/hour or 813.8 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' 30.4"||15.61 mi||west||0° 00' 01.2"||0.03 mi||south||15.61 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 21.2"||936.22 mi||west||0° 01' 21.5"||1.56 mi||south||936.29 mi|
|24 hours||11° 53' 04.4"||767.13 mi||east||1° 00' 34.9"||69.47 mi||south||772.81 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Dakhla *||Sun 8:10 AM||523 km||325 miles||282 nm|| NW|
|Nouadhibou||Sun 7:10 AM||556 km||346 miles||300 nm|| W|
|Nouakchott||Sun 7:10 AM||561 km||348 miles||303 nm|| SW|
|Smara *||Sun 8:10 AM||624 km||388 miles||337 nm|| N|
|Rosso||Sun 7:10 AM||668 km||415 miles||361 nm|| SW|
|El Aaiún *||Sun 8:10 AM||687 km||427 miles||371 nm|| NNW|
|Touba||Sun 7:10 AM||821 km||510 miles||443 nm|| SSW|
|Las Palmas (ES-Canary) *||Sun 8:10 AM||866 km||538 miles||468 nm|| NNW|
|Thiès||Sun 7:10 AM||892 km||554 miles||481 nm|| SW|
|Farafenni||Sun 7:10 AM||931 km||579 miles||503 nm|| SSW|
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