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, October 4, 2012 at 02:10:00 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: 86%

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 Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 02:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 13'	North
Longitude:	6° 56'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.23 meters/second, 1527.2 km/hour, 949.0 miles/hour or 824.6 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' 31.3"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 04.5"	0.09 mi	north	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 22.7"	948.75 mi	west	0° 04' 27.2"	5.11 mi	north	948.55 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 45.0"	753.25 mi	east	1° 21' 42.4"	93.68 mi	north	755.89 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
Agadez	Thu 3:10 AM	272 km	169 miles	147 nm	SSE
Maradi	Thu 3:10 AM	633 km	393 miles	342 nm	S
Zinder	Thu 3:10 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	SSE
Niamey	Thu 3:10 AM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	SW
Kano	Thu 3:10 AM	816 km	507 miles	441 nm	SSE
Kaduna	Thu 3:10 AM	963 km	599 miles	520 nm	S
Abuja	Thu 3:10 AM	1111 km	690 miles	600 nm	S
Ndjamena	Thu 3:10 AM	1172 km	728 miles	633 nm	SE
Ouagadougou	Thu 2:10 AM	1181 km	734 miles	638 nm	SW
Lagos	Thu 3:10 AM	1464 km	910 miles	791 nm	SSW