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, November 1, 2012 at 00:20:00 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: 96%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 00:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 06' | North |
| Longitude: | 14° 53' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.75 meters/second, 1518.3 km/hour, 943.4 miles/hour or 819.8 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' 31.1" | 15.72 mi | west | 0° 00' 03.0" | 0.06 mi | north | 15.73 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 05.1" | 943.19 mi | west | 0° 03' 00.6" | 3.45 mi | north | 943.04 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 37' 08.4" | 754.93 mi | east | 0° 46' 06.5" | 52.87 mi | north | 754.91 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 |
|---|
| Agadez | Thu 1:20 AM | 806 km | 501 miles | 435 nm |  WSW |
| Ndjamena | Thu 1:20 AM | 885 km | 550 miles | 478 nm |  S |
| Zinder | Thu 1:20 AM | 937 km | 582 miles | 506 nm |  SW |
| Kano | Thu 1:20 AM | 1126 km | 699 miles | 608 nm | SW |
| Tripoli | Thu 2:20 AM | 1427 km | 887 miles | 771 nm |  N |
| Abuja | Thu 1:20 AM | 1465 km | 911 miles | 791 nm | SW |
| Niamey | Thu 1:20 AM | 1543 km | 959 miles | 833 nm | WSW |
| Valletta | Thu 1:20 AM | 1751 km | 1088 miles | 945 nm | N |
| Bangui | Thu 1:20 AM | 1786 km | 1110 miles | 964 nm |  SSE |
| Yaoundé | Thu 1:20 AM | 1835 km | 1140 miles | 991 nm |  SSW |
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