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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 Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 3%
Previous phaseThird QuarterFriday, April 13, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Next phaseNew MoonSaturday, April 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 10:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 7° 37' North
Longitude: 4° 33' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.56 meters/second, 1607.6 km/hour, 998.9 miles/hour or 868.0 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 34.0"16.65 miwest0° 00' 10.5"0.20 minorth16.65 mi
1 hour14° 34' 04.6"998.88 miwest0° 10' 28.7"12.00 minorth998.74 mi
24 hours10° 27' 01.3"716.56 mieast4° 00' 22.7"275.36 minorth763.99 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
IbadanThu 11:16 AM76 km47 miles41 nmWest-southwest WSW
LagosThu 11:16 AM184 km115 miles100 nmSouthwest SW
Benin CityThu 11:16 AM185 km115 miles100 nmSoutheast SE
Porto NovoThu 11:16 AM230 km143 miles124 nmWest-southwest WSW
CotonouThu 11:16 AM271 km168 miles146 nmWest-southwest WSW
ParakouThu 11:16 AM285 km177 miles154 nmNorthwest NW
AbujaThu 11:16 AM338 km210 miles182 nmEast-northeast ENE
EnuguThu 11:16 AM352 km218 miles190 nmEast-southeast ESE
LomeThu 10:16 AM403 km250 miles217 nmWest-southwest WSW
SokodéThu 10:16 AM405 km251 miles219 nmWest-northwest WNW
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