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 12:24:00 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 12:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 08'	North
Longitude:	5° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.60 meters/second, 1568.2 km/hour, 974.4 miles/hour or 846.7 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' 31.3"	16.24 mi	west	0° 00' 07.7"	0.15 mi	north	16.24 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 22.6"	974.28 mi	west	0° 07' 48.4"	8.95 mi	north	974.04 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 32.6"	772.14 mi	east	2° 46' 09.4"	190.42 mi	north	790.42 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
Maradi	Thu 1:24 PM	151 km	94 miles	81 nm	ESE
Zinder	Thu 1:24 PM	339 km	210 miles	183 nm	E
Kano	Thu 1:24 PM	371 km	231 miles	200 nm	SE
Agadez	Thu 1:24 PM	388 km	241 miles	209 nm	NE
Niamey	Thu 1:24 PM	412 km	256 miles	223 nm	W
Kaduna	Thu 1:24 PM	434 km	270 miles	234 nm	SSE
Abuja	Thu 1:24 PM	566 km	352 miles	306 nm	SSE
Parakou	Thu 1:24 PM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	SW
Kara	Thu 12:24 PM	719 km	447 miles	388 nm	SW
Sokodé	Thu 12:24 PM	768 km	477 miles	415 nm	SW