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 08:10:00 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: 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 08:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 42'	North
Longitude:	1° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.74 meters/second, 1597.4 km/hour, 992.6 miles/hour or 862.6 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' 30.8"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 54.1"	992.53 mi	west	0° 10' 53.6"	12.48 mi	south	992.85 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 21.8"	801.61 mi	east	4° 35' 41.5"	315.77 mi	south	865.33 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
Sokodé	Thu 8:10 AM	33 km	20 miles	18 nm	NNW
Kara	Thu 8:10 AM	93 km	58 miles	50 nm	N
Parakou	Thu 9:10 AM	168 km	104 miles	91 nm	ENE
Tamale	Thu 8:10 AM	242 km	150 miles	130 nm	WNW
Lome	Thu 8:10 AM	285 km	177 miles	154 nm	S
Cotonou	Thu 9:10 AM	290 km	180 miles	157 nm	SSE
Porto Novo	Thu 9:10 AM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	SE
Ibadan	Thu 9:10 AM	329 km	204 miles	177 nm	ESE
Lagos	Thu 9:10 AM	340 km	211 miles	184 nm	SE
Accra	Thu 8:10 AM	384 km	239 miles	207 nm	SSW