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 03:30:00 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: 78%

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 03:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 37'	North
Longitude:	0° 53'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.28 meters/second, 1513.0 km/hour, 940.1 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' 57.7"	939.88 mi	west	0° 02' 06.5"	2.42 mi	north	939.77 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 43.4"	755.18 mi	east	0° 23' 56.5"	27.45 mi	north	754.68 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
Niamey	Fri 4:30 AM	849 km	528 miles	459 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Fri 3:30 AM	916 km	569 miles	495 nm	S
Koudougou	Fri 3:30 AM	940 km	584 miles	508 nm	S
Agadez	Fri 4:30 AM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	ESE
Bamako	Fri 3:30 AM	1164 km	723 miles	628 nm	SW
Kano	Fri 4:30 AM	1385 km	861 miles	748 nm	SE
Marrakech	Fri 3:30 AM	1410 km	876 miles	762 nm	NNW
El Aaiún	Fri 3:30 AM	1446 km	899 miles	781 nm	WNW
Abuja	Fri 4:30 AM	1534 km	953 miles	828 nm	SE
Fes	Fri 3:30 AM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	NNW