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, January 25, 2013 at 22:52:00 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: 98%

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 Friday, January 25, 2013 at 22:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 23'	North
Longitude:	4° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.59 meters/second, 1542.9 km/hour, 958.7 miles/hour or 833.1 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' 31.1"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	south	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 07.5"	958.54 mi	west	0° 06' 11.2"	7.09 mi	south	958.84 mi
24 hours	11° 28' 13.1"	757.35 mi	east	2° 50' 48.6"	195.76 mi	south	787.61 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 11:52 PM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	E
Niamey	Fri 11:52 PM	495 km	308 miles	267 nm	SSW
Maradi	Fri 11:52 PM	517 km	321 miles	279 nm	SE
Zinder	Fri 11:52 PM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	SE
Kano	Fri 11:52 PM	740 km	460 miles	400 nm	SE
Kaduna	Fri 11:52 PM	825 km	513 miles	446 nm	SSE
Ouagadougou	Fri 10:52 PM	848 km	527 miles	458 nm	SW
Parakou	Fri 11:52 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	SSW
Koudougou	Fri 10:52 PM	926 km	575 miles	500 nm	SW
Abuja	Fri 11:52 PM	955 km	593 miles	516 nm	SSE