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, January 24, 2013 at 21:52:00 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: 95%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 21:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 19° 29' | North |
| Longitude: | 7° 20' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.24 meters/second, 1523.7 km/hour, 946.8 miles/hour or 822.7 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' 30.7" | 15.78 mi | west | 0° 00' 03.8" | 0.07 mi | south | 15.78 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 47.4" | 946.54 mi | west | 0° 03' 57.4" | 4.54 mi | south | 946.74 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 37' 40.0" | 758.44 mi | east | 2° 00' 04.0" | 137.64 mi | south | 775.26 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 | Thu 10:52 PM | 287 km | 178 miles | 155 nm |  SSE |
| Zinder | Thu 10:52 PM | 653 km | 406 miles | 352 nm | SSE |
| Maradi | Thu 10:52 PM | 663 km | 412 miles | 358 nm |  S |
| Kano | Thu 10:52 PM | 838 km | 521 miles | 452 nm | S |
| Niamey | Thu 10:52 PM | 864 km | 537 miles | 466 nm |  SW |
| Kaduna | Thu 10:52 PM | 992 km | 616 miles | 536 nm | S |
| Abuja | Thu 10:52 PM | 1140 km | 709 miles | 616 nm | S |
| Ndjamena | Thu 10:52 PM | 1162 km | 722 miles | 627 nm |  SE |
| Ouagadougou | Thu 9:52 PM | 1232 km | 765 miles | 665 nm | SW |
| Lagos | Thu 10:52 PM | 1504 km | 935 miles | 812 nm |  SSW |
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