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, April 11, 2013 at 11:34:00 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

The moon is so close to the Sun that it hard to see from earth.

Fraction of moon illuminated: 1%

Previous phase	New Moon	Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Next phase	First Quarter	Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:32 PM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 11:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 01'	North
Longitude:	17° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.81 meters/second, 1568.9 km/hour, 974.9 miles/hour or 847.2 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' 31.3"	16.25 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	north	16.25 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 23.2"	974.75 mi	west	0° 07' 52.0"	9.01 mi	north	974.52 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 17.4"	772.22 mi	east	2° 47' 43.3"	192.21 mi	north	790.92 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
Ndjamena	Thu 12:34 PM	381 km	237 miles	206 nm	WSW
Sarh	Thu 12:34 PM	541 km	336 miles	292 nm	S
Moundou	Thu 12:34 PM	638 km	396 miles	344 nm	SSW
Zinder	Thu 12:34 PM	971 km	604 miles	524 nm	W
Kano	Thu 12:34 PM	1050 km	652 miles	567 nm	WSW
Bangui	Thu 12:34 PM	1070 km	665 miles	578 nm	S
Abuja	Thu 12:34 PM	1293 km	803 miles	698 nm	WSW
Yaoundé	Thu 12:34 PM	1330 km	826 miles	718 nm	SSW
Malabo	Thu 12:34 PM	1519 km	944 miles	820 nm	SW
Khartoum	Thu 2:34 PM	1577 km	980 miles	851 nm	E