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 31, 2012 at 18:18:00 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: 60%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 18:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 58'	North
Longitude:	9° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.58 meters/second, 1535.7 km/hour, 954.2 miles/hour or 829.2 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' 29.7"	15.90 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	south	15.91 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 49.1"	954.02 mi	west	0° 07' 03.8"	8.10 mi	south	954.37 mi
24 hours	12° 03' 36.8"	793.73 mi	east	3° 16' 03.3"	224.70 mi	south	831.52 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
Agadez	Sat 7:18 PM	169 km	105 miles	91 nm	SW
Zinder	Sat 7:18 PM	460 km	286 miles	249 nm	S
Maradi	Sat 7:18 PM	543 km	337 miles	293 nm	SSW
Kano	Sat 7:18 PM	664 km	412 miles	358 nm	S
Kaduna	Sat 7:18 PM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	SSW
Ndjamena	Sat 7:18 PM	903 km	561 miles	487 nm	SE
Niamey	Sat 7:18 PM	905 km	563 miles	489 nm	WSW
Abuja	Sat 7:18 PM	996 km	619 miles	538 nm	SSW
Ouagadougou	Sat 6:18 PM	1308 km	813 miles	706 nm	WSW
Lagos	Sat 7:18 PM	1423 km	884 miles	768 nm	SSW