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 Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 01:48:00 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	Full Moon	Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 01:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 04'	North
Longitude:	10° 58'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.43 meters/second, 1607.1 km/hour, 998.6 miles/hour or 867.8 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' 29.5"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 13.1"	0.25 mi	south	16.65 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 30.1"	998.57 mi	west	0° 13' 08.7"	15.06 mi	south	998.85 mi
24 hours	12° 12' 21.4"	841.07 mi	east	5° 22' 03.5"	368.84 mi	south	920.45 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
Monrovia	Thu 1:48 AM	140 km	87 miles	76 nm	N
Kakata	Thu 1:48 AM	176 km	109 miles	95 nm	NNE
Gbarnga	Thu 1:48 AM	270 km	168 miles	146 nm	NE
Kenema	Thu 1:48 AM	312 km	194 miles	168 nm	N
Bo	Thu 1:48 AM	331 km	206 miles	179 nm	NNW
Nzérékoré	Thu 1:48 AM	381 km	236 miles	205 nm	NE
Freetown	Thu 1:48 AM	454 km	282 miles	245 nm	NNW
Conakry	Thu 1:48 AM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	NNW
Yamoussoukro	Thu 1:48 AM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	ENE
Bouaké	Thu 1:48 AM	718 km	446 miles	388 nm	ENE