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 Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 22:18:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 22:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 57'	North
Longitude:	9° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.29 meters/second, 1495.0 km/hour, 929.0 miles/hour or 807.3 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' 28.4"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 02.9"	0.06 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 21.2"	928.69 mi	west	0° 02' 58.5"	3.41 mi	south	928.86 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 17.8"	812.13 mi	east	1° 44' 01.9"	119.29 mi	south	825.59 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
Agadez	Sat 11:18 PM	561 km	349 miles	303 nm	SSW
Zinder	Sat 11:18 PM	901 km	560 miles	486 nm	S
Maradi	Sat 11:18 PM	957 km	595 miles	517 nm	SSW
Kano	Sat 11:18 PM	1102 km	685 miles	595 nm	S
Niamey	Sat 11:18 PM	1186 km	737 miles	640 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Sat 11:18 PM	1263 km	785 miles	682 nm	SSE
Tripoli	Sun 12:18 AM	1281 km	796 miles	691 nm	NNE
Abuja	Sat 11:18 PM	1427 km	886 miles	770 nm	S
Ouagadougou	Sat 10:18 PM	1542 km	958 miles	833 nm	SW
Valletta	Sat 11:18 PM	1636 km	1016 miles	883 nm	NNE