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 Friday, March 30, 2012 at 18:08:00 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: 50%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 30, 2012 at 18:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 17'	North
Longitude:	0° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.62 meters/second, 1514.2 km/hour, 940.9 miles/hour or 817.6 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"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	south	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 47.2"	940.65 mi	west	0° 04' 34.6"	5.25 mi	south	940.90 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 54.2"	784.04 mi	east	2° 18' 32.1"	158.82 mi	south	805.45 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
Niamey	Fri 7:08 PM	799 km	496 miles	431 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Fri 6:08 PM	884 km	549 miles	477 nm	S
Koudougou	Fri 6:08 PM	913 km	567 miles	493 nm	SSW
Agadez	Fri 7:08 PM	964 km	599 miles	521 nm	ESE
Bamako	Fri 6:08 PM	1167 km	725 miles	630 nm	SW
Kano	Fri 7:08 PM	1327 km	825 miles	717 nm	SE
Marrakech	Fri 6:08 PM	1464 km	910 miles	791 nm	NNW
Abuja	Fri 7:08 PM	1479 km	919 miles	798 nm	SE
El Aaiún	Fri 6:08 PM	1503 km	934 miles	812 nm	WNW
Porto Novo	Fri 7:08 PM	1565 km	973 miles	845 nm	SSE