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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 02:20:00 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: 85%

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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 02:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 39'	North
Longitude:	9° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.14 meters/second, 1512.5 km/hour, 939.8 miles/hour or 816.7 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"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.03 mi	south	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.8"	939.58 mi	west	0° 01' 48.0"	2.06 mi	south	939.68 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 17.4"	751.31 mi	east	1° 09' 22.8"	79.55 mi	south	758.29 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	Sat 3:20 AM	426 km	264 miles	230 nm	SSW
Zinder	Sat 3:20 AM	758 km	471 miles	409 nm	S
Maradi	Sat 3:20 AM	822 km	511 miles	444 nm	SSW
Kano	Sat 3:20 AM	960 km	597 miles	519 nm	S
Niamey	Sat 3:20 AM	1088 km	676 miles	587 nm	SW
Ndjamena	Sat 3:20 AM	1137 km	707 miles	614 nm	SE
Abuja	Sat 3:20 AM	1288 km	800 miles	695 nm	S
Tripoli	Sat 4:20 AM	1414 km	878 miles	763 nm	NNE
Ouagadougou	Sat 2:20 AM	1461 km	908 miles	789 nm	SW
Lagos	Sat 3:20 AM	1691 km	1051 miles	913 nm	SSW