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 9, 2012 at 08:18:00 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: 27%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Next phase	New Moon	Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 9, 2012 at 08:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 08'	North
Longitude:	9° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.73 meters/second, 1615.4 km/hour, 1003.8 miles/hour or 872.3 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"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 46.0"	1003.73 mi	west	0° 12' 06.0"	13.86 mi	south	1003.86 mi
24 hours	11° 55' 07.4"	824.32 mi	east	4° 54' 31.5"	337.30 mi	south	890.38 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
Monrovia	Fri 8:18 AM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	NNW
Kakata	Fri 8:18 AM	614 km	381 miles	331 nm	NNW
Gbarnga	Fri 8:18 AM	649 km	404 miles	351 nm	N
Abidjan	Fri 8:18 AM	726 km	451 miles	392 nm	NE
Nzérékoré	Fri 8:18 AM	732 km	455 miles	395 nm	N
Yamoussoukro	Fri 8:18 AM	755 km	469 miles	408 nm	NNE
Kenema	Fri 8:18 AM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	NNW
Bo	Fri 8:18 AM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	NNW
Bouaké	Fri 8:18 AM	851 km	529 miles	460 nm	NNE
Freetown	Fri 8:18 AM	936 km	581 miles	505 nm	NNW