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, March 3, 2012 at 20:12:00 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: 76%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 20:12:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 38'	North
Longitude:	0° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.97 meters/second, 1519.1 km/hour, 943.9 miles/hour or 820.2 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' 28.8"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	south	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.7"	943.68 mi	west	0° 05' 52.9"	6.74 mi	south	943.99 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 07.9"	809.28 mi	east	2° 50' 56.6"	195.96 mi	south	839.27 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
Niamey	Sat 9:12 PM	689 km	428 miles	372 nm	S
Agadez	Sat 9:12 PM	804 km	499 miles	434 nm	ESE
Ouagadougou	Sat 8:12 PM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	SSW
Koudougou	Sat 8:12 PM	889 km	552 miles	480 nm	SSW
Maradi	Sat 9:12 PM	947 km	589 miles	511 nm	SE
Kano	Sat 9:12 PM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	SE
Bamako	Sat 8:12 PM	1226 km	762 miles	662 nm	SW
Abuja	Sat 9:12 PM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	SSE
Porto Novo	Sat 9:12 PM	1467 km	911 miles	792 nm	S
Lagos	Sat 9:12 PM	1481 km	920 miles	800 nm	S