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 12:44:00 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 12:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 10'	North
Longitude:	1° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 435.52 meters/second, 1567.9 km/hour, 974.2 miles/hour or 846.6 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' 22.2"	974.08 mi	west	0° 07' 46.8"	8.92 mi	north	973.85 mi
24 hours	11° 30' 38.7"	772.10 mi	east	2° 45' 31.6"	189.70 mi	north	790.22 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
Niamey	Thu 1:44 PM	138 km	86 miles	74 nm	ESE
Ouagadougou	Thu 12:44 PM	342 km	212 miles	185 nm	SW
Koudougou	Thu 12:44 PM	425 km	264 miles	230 nm	WSW
Kara	Thu 12:44 PM	512 km	318 miles	277 nm	S
Parakou	Thu 1:44 PM	563 km	350 miles	304 nm	SSE
Tamale	Thu 12:44 PM	566 km	352 miles	305 nm	SSW
Sokodé	Thu 12:44 PM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	S
Maradi	Thu 1:44 PM	661 km	411 miles	357 nm	E
Bobo-Dioulasso	Thu 12:44 PM	666 km	414 miles	360 nm	WSW
Koutiala	Thu 12:44 PM	731 km	455 miles	395 nm	WSW