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 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 05:46:00 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: 51%
Position of the Moon
On Monday, October 8, 2012 at 05:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 18° 49' | North |
| Longitude: | 1° 17' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.96 meters/second, 1529.8 km/hour, 950.6 miles/hour or 826.1 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" | 15.84 mi | west | 0° 00' 05.0" | 0.10 mi | south | 15.84 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 51.0" | 950.39 mi | west | 0° 05' 04.7" | 5.82 mi | south | 950.65 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 37' 41.6" | 761.50 mi | east | 2° 26' 49.2" | 168.30 mi | south | 785.02 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 | Mon 6:46 AM | 594 km | 369 miles | 321 nm |  S |
| Agadez | Mon 6:46 AM | 739 km | 459 miles | 399 nm |  ESE |
| Ouagadougou | Mon 5:46 AM | 775 km | 482 miles | 419 nm |  SSW |
| Koudougou | Mon 5:46 AM | 826 km | 513 miles | 446 nm | SSW |
| Maradi | Mon 6:46 AM | 857 km | 533 miles | 463 nm |  SE |
| Zinder | Mon 6:46 AM | 993 km | 617 miles | 536 nm | ESE |
| Koutiala | Mon 5:46 AM | 1015 km | 631 miles | 548 nm |  SW |
| Kano | Mon 6:46 AM | 1083 km | 673 miles | 585 nm | SE |
| Bamako | Mon 5:46 AM | 1206 km | 750 miles | 651 nm |  WSW |
| Abuja | Mon 6:46 AM | 1243 km | 772 miles | 671 nm |  SSE |
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