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 Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 01:10:00 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.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 96%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, January 16, 2012 at 9:08 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 01:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 07'	North
Longitude:	4° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 436.60 meters/second, 1571.8 km/hour, 976.6 miles/hour or 848.7 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' 29.7"	16.28 mi	west	0° 00' 10.6"	0.20 mi	south	16.28 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 39.9"	976.51 mi	west	0° 10' 42.3"	12.27 mi	south	976.94 mi
24 hours	12° 01' 18.4"	809.96 mi	east	4° 35' 31.3"	315.64 mi	south	875.49 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
Maradi	Wed 2:10 AM	235 km	146 miles	127 nm	E
Niamey	Wed 2:10 AM	312 km	194 miles	168 nm	W
Kaduna	Wed 2:10 AM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	SE
Kano	Wed 2:10 AM	405 km	252 miles	219 nm	ESE
Zinder	Wed 2:10 AM	442 km	275 miles	239 nm	E
Parakou	Wed 2:10 AM	490 km	305 miles	265 nm	SSW
Abuja	Wed 2:10 AM	499 km	310 miles	269 nm	SSE
Agadez	Wed 2:10 AM	536 km	333 miles	289 nm	NE
Kara	Wed 1:10 AM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	SW
Sokodé	Wed 1:10 AM	620 km	385 miles	335 nm	SW