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 01:40:00 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 01:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 53' | North |
| Longitude: | 7° 09' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.49 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' 30.7" | 15.64 mi | west | 0° 00' 00.6" | 0.01 mi | north | 15.64 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 50.7" | 938.12 mi | west | 0° 00' 35.4" | 0.68 mi | north | 938.09 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 50.7" | 754.00 mi | east | 0° 12' 35.6" | 14.44 mi | south | 754.66 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 2:40 AM | 442 km | 275 miles | 239 nm |  SSE |
| Zinder | Fri 2:40 AM | 807 km | 502 miles | 436 nm | SSE |
| Maradi | Fri 2:40 AM | 818 km | 508 miles | 442 nm |  S |
| Niamey | Fri 2:40 AM | 976 km | 606 miles | 527 nm |  SW |
| Kano | Fri 2:40 AM | 994 km | 618 miles | 537 nm | S |
| Ndjamena | Fri 2:40 AM | 1286 km | 799 miles | 694 nm |  SE |
| Abuja | Fri 2:40 AM | 1296 km | 805 miles | 700 nm | S |
| Ouagadougou | Fri 1:40 AM | 1320 km | 820 miles | 713 nm | SW |
| Tripoli | Fri 3:40 AM | 1458 km | 906 miles | 787 nm |  NNE |
| Lagos | Fri 2:40 AM | 1649 km | 1024 miles | 890 nm |  SSW |
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