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 08:18:00 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 08:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	8° 41'	North
Longitude:	0° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.76 meters/second, 1597.5 km/hour, 992.7 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' 30.9"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 10.8"	0.21 mi	south	16.55 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 54.0"	992.59 mi	west	0° 10' 54.0"	12.49 mi	south	992.91 mi
24 hours	11° 43' 25.9"	801.74 mi	east	4° 35' 50.8"	315.94 mi	south	865.50 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
Tamale	Thu 8:18 AM	81 km	51 miles	44 nm	NNW
Sokodé	Thu 8:18 AM	205 km	127 miles	111 nm	E
Kara	Thu 8:18 AM	228 km	142 miles	123 nm	ENE
Kumasi	Thu 8:18 AM	242 km	150 miles	131 nm	SSW
Accra	Thu 8:18 AM	351 km	218 miles	190 nm	S
Lome	Thu 8:18 AM	353 km	219 miles	190 nm	SE
Parakou	Thu 9:18 AM	373 km	232 miles	201 nm	ENE
Ouagadougou	Thu 8:18 AM	418 km	260 miles	226 nm	NNW
Cotonou	Thu 9:18 AM	430 km	267 miles	232 nm	SE
Koudougou	Thu 8:18 AM	435 km	270 miles	235 nm	NNW