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, November 2, 2012 at 01:08:00 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: 91%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 01:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	North
Longitude:	14° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.51 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.5 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.7"	938.16 mi	west	0° 00' 38.5"	0.74 mi	north	938.13 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 51.5"	754.05 mi	east	0° 11' 21.1"	13.02 mi	south	754.63 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	Fri 2:08 AM	846 km	526 miles	457 nm	WSW
Ndjamena	Fri 2:08 AM	971 km	603 miles	524 nm	S
Zinder	Fri 2:08 AM	1003 km	623 miles	541 nm	SW
Kano	Fri 2:08 AM	1195 km	743 miles	645 nm	SW
Tripoli	Fri 3:08 AM	1342 km	834 miles	725 nm	N
Abuja	Fri 2:08 AM	1537 km	955 miles	830 nm	SSW
Niamey	Fri 2:08 AM	1584 km	984 miles	855 nm	WSW
Valletta	Fri 2:08 AM	1665 km	1034 miles	899 nm	N
Tunis	Fri 2:08 AM	1821 km	1132 miles	983 nm	NNW
Bangui	Fri 2:08 AM	1870 km	1162 miles	1010 nm	SSE