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 Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 18:36:00 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: 67%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 4:39 AM

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 08'	North
Longitude:	8° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.09 meters/second, 1537.5 km/hour, 955.4 miles/hour or 830.2 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' 31.7"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 05.2"	0.10 mi	north	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 43.4"	955.16 mi	west	0° 05' 18.5"	6.08 mi	north	954.94 mi
24 hours	11° 24' 17.6"	749.87 mi	east	1° 43' 42.5"	118.90 mi	north	755.47 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	Sun 7:36 PM	134 km	83 miles	72 nm	SSW
Zinder	Sun 7:36 PM	484 km	301 miles	261 nm	S
Maradi	Sun 7:36 PM	530 km	329 miles	286 nm	SSW
Kano	Sun 7:36 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	S
Niamey	Sun 7:36 PM	840 km	522 miles	453 nm	SW
Kaduna	Sun 7:36 PM	848 km	527 miles	458 nm	S
Ndjamena	Sun 7:36 PM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	SE
Abuja	Sun 7:36 PM	999 km	621 miles	539 nm	S
Ouagadougou	Sun 6:36 PM	1236 km	768 miles	667 nm	WSW
Lagos	Sun 7:36 PM	1401 km	870 miles	756 nm	SSW