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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 03:20:00 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: 70%

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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 03:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	North
Longitude:	13° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.07 meters/second, 1508.6 km/hour, 937.4 miles/hour or 814.6 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' 30.7"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 44.9"	937.16 mi	west	0° 00' 12.2"	0.24 mi	south	937.17 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 40.2"	756.35 mi	east	0° 32' 02.1"	36.73 mi	south	758.58 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
Sabha	Sat 5:20 AM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	N
Agadez	Sat 4:20 AM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	SW
Zinder	Sat 4:20 AM	915 km	569 miles	494 nm	SSW
Ndjamena	Sat 4:20 AM	1006 km	625 miles	543 nm	SSE
Kano	Sat 4:20 AM	1116 km	694 miles	603 nm	SSW
Tripoli	Sat 5:20 AM	1315 km	817 miles	710 nm	N
Niamey	Sat 4:20 AM	1441 km	896 miles	778 nm	WSW
Abuja	Sat 4:20 AM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	SSW
Valletta *	Sat 5:20 AM	1654 km	1027 miles	893 nm	N
Tunis	Sat 4:20 AM	1771 km	1101 miles	956 nm	N