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 Monday, August 13, 2012 at 08:20:00 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: 19%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Friday, August 17, 2012 at 3:55 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 08:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 03'	North
Longitude:	2° 29'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.57 meters/second, 1506.9 km/hour, 936.3 miles/hour or 813.6 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' 29.8"	15.61 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	south	15.61 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 54.0"	936.05 mi	west	0° 02' 24.2"	2.76 mi	south	936.18 mi
24 hours	12° 03' 16.5"	778.36 mi	east	1° 26' 28.8"	99.16 mi	south	788.29 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	Mon 9:20 AM	735 km	457 miles	397 nm	SE
Niamey	Mon 9:20 AM	836 km	519 miles	451 nm	S
Maradi	Mon 9:20 AM	970 km	603 miles	524 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Mon 8:20 AM	1052 km	654 miles	568 nm	SSW
Kano	Mon 9:20 AM	1191 km	740 miles	643 nm	SSE
Abuja	Mon 9:20 AM	1408 km	875 miles	760 nm	SSE
Bamako	Mon 8:20 AM	1453 km	903 miles	784 nm	SW
Marrakech	Mon 8:20 AM	1568 km	974 miles	847 nm	NW
Porto Novo	Mon 9:20 AM	1611 km	1001 miles	870 nm	S
Fes	Mon 8:20 AM	1615 km	1004 miles	872 nm	NNW