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, October 5, 2012 at 02:28:00 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: 79%

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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 02:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 35'	North
Longitude:	14° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.39 meters/second, 1513.4 km/hour, 940.4 miles/hour or 817.2 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' 30.9"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	north	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.5"	940.13 mi	west	0° 02' 12.5"	2.53 mi	north	940.02 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 29.4"	755.12 mi	east	0° 26' 20.9"	30.21 mi	north	754.63 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	Fri 3:28 AM	760 km	472 miles	410 nm	WSW
Zinder	Fri 3:28 AM	927 km	576 miles	501 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Fri 3:28 AM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	S
Kano	Fri 3:28 AM	1122 km	697 miles	606 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Fri 4:28 AM	1367 km	849 miles	738 nm	N
Abuja	Fri 3:28 AM	1466 km	911 miles	791 nm	SSW
Niamey	Fri 3:28 AM	1497 km	930 miles	809 nm	WSW
Valletta *	Fri 4:28 AM	1697 km	1055 miles	917 nm	N
Tunis	Fri 3:28 AM	1836 km	1141 miles	991 nm	N
Bangui	Fri 3:28 AM	1858 km	1154 miles	1003 nm	SSE