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 01:28:00 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: 91%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 01:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 53' | North |
| Longitude: | 10° 03' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.50 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.4 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' 50.6" | 938.13 mi | west | 0° 00' 36.7" | 0.70 mi | north | 938.10 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 50.9" | 754.02 mi | east | 0° 12' 07.7" | 13.91 mi | south | 754.65 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 2:28 AM | 485 km | 301 miles | 262 nm |  SSW |
| Zinder | Fri 2:28 AM | 791 km | 492 miles | 427 nm |  S |
| Maradi | Fri 2:28 AM | 876 km | 544 miles | 473 nm | SSW |
| Kano | Fri 2:28 AM | 997 km | 619 miles | 538 nm | S |
| Ndjamena | Fri 2:28 AM | 1108 km | 688 miles | 598 nm |  SSE |
| Niamey | Fri 2:28 AM | 1174 km | 729 miles | 634 nm |  SW |
| Abuja | Fri 2:28 AM | 1332 km | 827 miles | 719 nm | SSW |
| Tripoli | Fri 3:28 AM | 1366 km | 849 miles | 738 nm |  NNE |
| Ouagadougou | Fri 1:28 AM | 1553 km | 965 miles | 838 nm | SW |
| Valletta | Fri 2:28 AM | 1720 km | 1069 miles | 929 nm | NNE |
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