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 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:08:00 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: 21%

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 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 43'	North
Longitude:	1° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.73 meters/second, 1597.4 km/hour, 992.6 miles/hour or 862.5 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' 30.8"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 54.1"	992.52 mi	west	0° 10' 53.5"	12.48 mi	south	992.83 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 20.9"	801.58 mi	east	4° 35' 39.1"	315.72 mi	south	865.28 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
Parakou	Thu 9:08 AM	121 km	75 miles	65 nm	NE
Cotonou	Thu 9:08 AM	270 km	168 miles	146 nm	SSE
Porto Novo	Thu 9:08 AM	271 km	168 miles	146 nm	SSE
Ibadan	Thu 9:08 AM	282 km	175 miles	152 nm	ESE
Lome	Thu 8:08 AM	291 km	181 miles	157 nm	S
Tamale	Thu 8:08 AM	292 km	182 miles	158 nm	WNW
Lagos	Thu 9:08 AM	307 km	191 miles	166 nm	SE
Accra	Thu 8:08 AM	410 km	255 miles	221 nm	SSW
Kumasi	Thu 8:08 AM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	WSW
Benin City	Thu 9:08 AM	504 km	313 miles	272 nm	ESE