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 10, 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: 96%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 01:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 56'	South
Longitude:	5° 08'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.62 meters/second, 1589.8 km/hour, 987.9 miles/hour or 858.4 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' 27.3"	16.46 mi	west	0° 00' 12.8"	0.25 mi	south	16.47 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 13.8"	987.75 mi	west	0° 12' 48.5"	14.67 mi	south	987.57 mi
24 hours	13° 19' 07.2"	910.18 mi	east	4° 48' 36.2"	330.64 mi	south	961.72 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
Jamestown	Sat 1:48 AM	777 km	483 miles	419 nm	S
Abidjan	Sat 1:48 AM	1581 km	982 miles	853 nm	N
São Tomé	Sat 1:48 AM	1668 km	1036 miles	900 nm	NE
Accra	Sat 1:48 AM	1691 km	1051 miles	913 nm	NNE
Yamoussoukro	Sat 1:48 AM	1742 km	1082 miles	940 nm	N
Monrovia	Sat 1:48 AM	1800 km	1118 miles	972 nm	NNW
Lome	Sat 1:48 AM	1808 km	1124 miles	976 nm	NNE
Libreville	Sat 2:48 AM	1918 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	ENE
Porto Novo	Sat 2:48 AM	1919 km	1192 miles	1036 nm	NNE
Lagos	Sat 2:48 AM	1944 km	1208 miles	1050 nm	NNE