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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 08:28:00 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: 13%

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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 08:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 03'	North
Longitude:	8° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.51 meters/second, 1611.0 km/hour, 1001.1 miles/hour or 869.9 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' 30.4"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 23.7"	1001.00 mi	west	0° 12' 03.4"	13.81 mi	south	1001.21 mi
24 hours	11° 59' 58.6"	828.01 mi	east	4° 57' 20.3"	340.52 mi	south	896.68 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
Malabo	Fri 9:28 AM	39 km	24 miles	21 nm	SSE
Douala	Fri 9:28 AM	121 km	75 miles	66 nm	E
Uyo	Fri 9:28 AM	133 km	82 miles	72 nm	NW
Port Harcourt	Fri 9:28 AM	197 km	122 miles	106 nm	WNW
Bamenda	Fri 9:28 AM	271 km	169 miles	146 nm	NE
Bata	Fri 9:28 AM	274 km	170 miles	148 nm	SSE
Enugu	Fri 9:28 AM	292 km	182 miles	158 nm	NNW
Yaoundé	Fri 9:28 AM	324 km	201 miles	175 nm	E
Ebebiyín	Fri 9:28 AM	368 km	229 miles	199 nm	SE
Libreville	Fri 9:28 AM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	SSE