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, September 10, 2012 at 06:34:00 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: 34%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, September 10, 2012 at 06:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 08'	North
Longitude:	8° 54'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.27 meters/second, 1516.6 km/hour, 942.3 miles/hour or 818.9 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' 30.2"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	south	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 14.9"	942.10 mi	west	0° 03' 43.5"	4.27 mi	south	942.30 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 45.8"	772.77 mi	east	1° 56' 45.4"	133.86 mi	south	788.85 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 7:34 AM	363 km	225 miles	196 nm	SSW
Zinder	Mon 7:34 AM	700 km	435 miles	378 nm	S
Maradi	Mon 7:34 AM	759 km	472 miles	410 nm	SSW
Kano	Mon 7:34 AM	901 km	560 miles	486 nm	S
Niamey	Mon 7:34 AM	1029 km	640 miles	556 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Mon 7:34 AM	1105 km	687 miles	597 nm	SE
Abuja	Mon 7:34 AM	1226 km	762 miles	662 nm	S
Ouagadougou	Mon 6:34 AM	1406 km	874 miles	759 nm	SW
Tripoli	Mon 8:34 AM	1476 km	917 miles	797 nm	NNE
Lagos	Mon 7:34 AM	1628 km	1012 miles	879 nm	SSW