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 08:38:00 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 08:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 18'	North
Longitude:	14° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 439.99 meters/second, 1584.0 km/hour, 984.2 miles/hour or 855.3 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	16.41 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 27.7"	984.13 mi	west	0° 10' 16.6"	11.78 mi	south	984.49 mi
24 hours	11° 49' 55.2"	802.65 mi	east	4° 23' 59.3"	302.40 mi	south	862.72 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
Ndjamena	Thu 9:38 AM	108 km	67 miles	58 nm	NE
Garoua	Thu 9:38 AM	252 km	157 miles	136 nm	SSW
Moundou	Thu 9:38 AM	349 km	217 miles	188 nm	SSE
Sarh	Thu 9:38 AM	488 km	304 miles	264 nm	ESE
Kano	Thu 9:38 AM	657 km	408 miles	355 nm	W
Zinder	Thu 9:38 AM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	WNW
Bamenda	Thu 9:38 AM	761 km	473 miles	411 nm	SW
Kaduna	Thu 9:38 AM	777 km	483 miles	419 nm	W
Berbérati	Thu 9:38 AM	792 km	492 miles	428 nm	S
Abuja	Thu 9:38 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	WSW