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 07:10:00 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: 40%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 PM

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 07:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 12'	North
Longitude:	7° 25'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.18 meters/second, 1552.2 km/hour, 964.5 miles/hour or 838.1 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' 30.9"	16.08 mi	west	0° 00' 07.2"	0.14 mi	south	16.08 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.9"	964.35 mi	west	0° 07' 20.1"	8.41 mi	south	964.69 mi
24 hours	11° 34' 36.6"	769.10 mi	east	3° 18' 28.9"	227.45 mi	south	807.77 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
Bamako	Tue 7:10 AM	399 km	248 miles	216 nm	S
Koutiala	Tue 7:10 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	SSE
Sikasso	Tue 7:10 AM	573 km	356 miles	310 nm	SSE
Bobo-Dioulasso	Tue 7:10 AM	651 km	405 miles	352 nm	SSE
Koudougou	Tue 7:10 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	SE
Ouagadougou	Tue 7:10 AM	764 km	475 miles	413 nm	ESE
Gabú	Tue 7:10 AM	854 km	530 miles	461 nm	WSW
Rosso	Tue 7:10 AM	897 km	557 miles	484 nm	W
Bafatá	Tue 7:10 AM	900 km	559 miles	486 nm	WSW
Touba	Tue 7:10 AM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	W