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 Friday, September 14, 2012 at 09:18:00 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: 4%

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 Friday, September 14, 2012 at 09:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 47'	North
Longitude:	16° 40'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.47 meters/second, 1603.7 km/hour, 996.5 miles/hour or 865.9 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"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.6"	0.22 mi	south	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 19.4"	996.42 mi	west	0° 11' 43.8"	13.43 mi	south	996.71 mi
24 hours	11° 56' 25.7"	820.24 mi	east	4° 52' 26.6"	334.93 mi	south	888.89 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
Moundou	Fri 10:18 AM	208 km	130 miles	113 nm	NNW
Berbérati	Fri 10:18 AM	294 km	183 miles	159 nm	SSW
Sarh	Fri 10:18 AM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	NE
Bimbo	Fri 10:18 AM	339 km	211 miles	183 nm	SE
Bangui	Fri 10:18 AM	340 km	211 miles	183 nm	SE
Garoua	Fri 10:18 AM	455 km	283 miles	246 nm	NW
Bambari	Fri 10:18 AM	458 km	285 miles	247 nm	ESE
Impfondo	Fri 10:18 AM	591 km	368 miles	319 nm	SSE
Ndjamena	Fri 10:18 AM	616 km	383 miles	332 nm	NNW
Yaoundé	Fri 10:18 AM	655 km	407 miles	354 nm	WSW