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 02:30:00 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 02:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 54' | North |
| Longitude: | 4° 57' | West |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.47 meters/second, 1510.1 km/hour, 938.3 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' 50.5" | 938.07 mi | west | 0° 00' 30.7" | 0.59 mi | north | 938.04 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 39' 49.0" | 753.93 mi | east | 0° 14' 32.0" | 16.66 mi | south | 754.72 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 |
|---|
| Koutiala | Fri 2:30 AM | 943 km | 586 miles | 509 nm |  S |
| Bamako | Fri 2:30 AM | 969 km | 602 miles | 523 nm |  SSW |
| Koudougou | Fri 2:30 AM | 996 km | 619 miles | 538 nm |  SSE |
| Ouagadougou | Fri 2:30 AM | 1011 km | 628 miles | 546 nm | SSE |
| El Aaiún | Fri 2:30 AM | 1088 km | 676 miles | 587 nm |  NW |
| Niamey | Fri 3:30 AM | 1109 km | 689 miles | 599 nm |  SE |
| Nouakchott | Fri 2:30 AM | 1199 km | 745 miles | 647 nm |  WSW |
| Marrakech | Fri 2:30 AM | 1228 km | 763 miles | 663 nm |  NNW |
| Casablanca | Fri 2:30 AM | 1432 km | 890 miles | 773 nm |  N |
| Fes | Fri 2:30 AM | 1456 km | 905 miles | 786 nm | N |
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