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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 04:46:00 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: 61%

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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 04:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 26'	North
Longitude:	4° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.70 meters/second, 1514.5 km/hour, 941.1 miles/hour or 817.8 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' 30.6"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.5"	940.82 mi	west	0° 02' 41.8"	3.09 mi	south	940.97 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 23.5"	757.95 mi	east	1° 31' 15.4"	104.63 mi	south	768.74 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	Sun 5:46 AM	560 km	348 miles	303 nm	SE
Niamey	Sun 5:46 AM	794 km	494 miles	429 nm	SSW
Maradi	Sun 5:46 AM	831 km	516 miles	449 nm	SSE
Zinder	Sun 5:46 AM	898 km	558 miles	485 nm	SE
Kano	Sun 5:46 AM	1045 km	649 miles	564 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Sun 4:46 AM	1076 km	668 miles	581 nm	SW
Abuja	Sun 5:46 AM	1288 km	800 miles	695 nm	SSE
Ndjamena	Sun 5:46 AM	1488 km	925 miles	803 nm	SE
Porto Novo	Sun 5:46 AM	1548 km	962 miles	836 nm	S
Lagos	Sun 5:46 AM	1548 km	962 miles	836 nm	S