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 Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 08:18:00 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: 9%

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 Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 08:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 22'	North
Longitude:	19° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.90 meters/second, 1583.7 km/hour, 984.0 miles/hour or 855.1 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' 30.4"	16.40 mi	west	0° 00' 10.2"	0.20 mi	south	16.40 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 27.7"	983.93 mi	west	0° 10' 15.3"	11.75 mi	south	984.30 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 52.7"	802.44 mi	east	4° 23' 30.6"	301.85 mi	south	862.36 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
Sarh	Thu 9:18 AM	266 km	165 miles	144 nm	SSW
Moundou	Thu 9:18 AM	473 km	294 miles	255 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Thu 9:18 AM	474 km	294 miles	256 nm	W
Bambari	Thu 9:18 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	SSE
Bangui	Thu 9:18 AM	779 km	484 miles	420 nm	S
Bimbo	Thu 9:18 AM	793 km	493 miles	428 nm	S
Berbérati	Thu 9:18 AM	877 km	545 miles	474 nm	SSW
Kano	Thu 9:18 AM	1181 km	734 miles	638 nm	W
Yaoundé	Thu 9:18 AM	1197 km	744 miles	646 nm	SW
Abuja	Thu 9:18 AM	1353 km	841 miles	731 nm	W