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 Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 06:10:00 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: 41%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 06:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 16° 20' | North |
| Longitude: | 7° 06' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.91 meters/second, 1551.3 km/hour, 963.9 miles/hour or 837.6 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' 30.9" | 16.07 mi | west | 0° 00' 07.2" | 0.14 mi | south | 16.07 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 00.7" | 963.75 mi | west | 0° 07' 14.9" | 8.31 mi | south | 964.09 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 34' 40.5" | 768.70 mi | east | 3° 16' 34.0" | 225.26 mi | south | 806.77 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 | Tue 7:10 AM | 118 km | 73 miles | 64 nm |  NE |
| Maradi | Tue 7:10 AM | 314 km | 195 miles | 169 nm |  S |
| Zinder | Tue 7:10 AM | 345 km | 214 miles | 186 nm |  SE |
| Kano | Tue 7:10 AM | 503 km | 312 miles | 271 nm |  SSE |
| Niamey | Tue 7:10 AM | 621 km | 386 miles | 335 nm |  WSW |
| Kaduna | Tue 7:10 AM | 644 km | 400 miles | 348 nm | S |
| Abuja | Tue 7:10 AM | 791 km | 492 miles | 427 nm | S |
| Parakou | Tue 7:10 AM | 913 km | 567 miles | 493 nm |  SSW |
| Ndjamena | Tue 7:10 AM | 977 km | 607 miles | 527 nm |  ESE |
| Kara | Tue 6:10 AM | 987 km | 613 miles | 533 nm |  SW |
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