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 Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 00:20:00 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: 92%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 00:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 48'	North
Longitude:	22° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.32 meters/second, 1549.2 km/hour, 962.6 miles/hour or 836.5 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' 31.9"	16.04 mi	west	0° 00' 06.7"	0.13 mi	north	16.04 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 55.2"	962.41 mi	west	0° 06' 37.5"	7.60 mi	north	962.16 mi
24 hours	11° 19' 46.5"	750.39 mi	east	2° 16' 23.8"	156.35 mi	north	761.91 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	Wed 1:20 AM	932 km	579 miles	503 nm	WSW
Sarh	Wed 1:20 AM	944 km	587 miles	510 nm	SSW
Khartoum	Wed 3:20 AM	1109 km	689 miles	599 nm	E
Bangui	Wed 1:20 AM	1433 km	890 miles	774 nm	SSW
Kano	Wed 1:20 AM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	WSW
Juba	Wed 3:20 AM	1670 km	1038 miles	902 nm	SE
Cairo	Wed 2:20 AM	1730 km	1075 miles	934 nm	NNE
Alexandria	Wed 2:20 AM	1777 km	1104 miles	960 nm	NNE
Asmara	Wed 3:20 AM	1794 km	1115 miles	968 nm	E
Abuja	Wed 1:20 AM	1837 km	1141 miles	992 nm	WSW