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 03:10:00 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: 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 03:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 37'	North
Longitude:	3° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.31 meters/second, 1513.1 km/hour, 940.2 miles/hour or 817.0 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' 02.1"	0.04 mi	north	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.1"	939.96 mi	west	0° 02' 08.5"	2.46 mi	north	939.85 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 38.9"	755.16 mi	east	0° 24' 43.1"	28.35 mi	north	754.66 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 4:10 AM	586 km	364 miles	316 nm	SE
Niamey	Fri 4:10 AM	810 km	503 miles	437 nm	SSW
Maradi	Fri 4:10 AM	856 km	532 miles	462 nm	SSE
Zinder	Fri 4:10 AM	924 km	574 miles	499 nm	SE
Kano	Fri 4:10 AM	1070 km	665 miles	578 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Fri 3:10 AM	1083 km	673 miles	585 nm	SSW
Abuja	Fri 4:10 AM	1312 km	815 miles	708 nm	SSE
Ndjamena	Fri 4:10 AM	1513 km	940 miles	817 nm	SE
Bamako	Fri 3:10 AM	1549 km	963 miles	836 nm	WSW
Porto Novo	Fri 4:10 AM	1566 km	973 miles	846 nm	S