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 Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 23:22:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 23:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 23'	North
Longitude:	4° 06'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.82 meters/second, 1515.0 km/hour, 941.4 miles/hour or 818.0 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' 30.6"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.1"	941.11 mi	west	0° 02' 34.7"	2.96 mi	south	941.25 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 32.0"	756.18 mi	east	1° 27' 54.3"	100.79 mi	south	766.33 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 12:22 AM	557 km	346 miles	301 nm	SE
Niamey	Fri 12:22 AM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	SSW
Maradi	Fri 12:22 AM	826 km	513 miles	446 nm	SSE
Zinder	Fri 12:22 AM	894 km	555 miles	483 nm	SE
Kano	Fri 12:22 AM	1040 km	646 miles	562 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Thu 11:22 PM	1071 km	666 miles	578 nm	SW
Abuja	Fri 12:22 AM	1283 km	797 miles	693 nm	SSE
Ndjamena	Fri 12:22 AM	1485 km	922 miles	802 nm	SE
Porto Novo	Fri 12:22 AM	1542 km	958 miles	833 nm	S
Lagos	Fri 12:22 AM	1543 km	959 miles	833 nm	S