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, April 12, 2013 at 12:34:00 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

Fraction of moon illuminated: 4%

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 Friday, April 12, 2013 at 12:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 55'	North
Longitude:	14° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.63 meters/second, 1546.7 km/hour, 961.1 miles/hour or 835.1 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"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	north	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 04.1"	960.88 mi	west	0° 05' 54.1"	6.76 mi	north	960.65 mi
24 hours	11° 37' 10.1"	769.11 mi	east	1° 57' 39.9"	134.88 mi	north	776.76 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	Fri 1:34 PM	532 km	330 miles	287 nm	S
Zinder	Fri 1:34 PM	728 km	452 miles	393 nm	WSW
Agadez	Fri 1:34 PM	743 km	462 miles	401 nm	W
Kano	Fri 1:34 PM	882 km	548 miles	476 nm	SW
Maradi	Fri 1:34 PM	925 km	575 miles	500 nm	WSW
Moundou	Fri 1:34 PM	931 km	579 miles	503 nm	S
Sarh	Fri 1:34 PM	936 km	582 miles	506 nm	SSE
Abuja	Fri 1:34 PM	1202 km	747 miles	649 nm	SW
Niamey	Fri 1:34 PM	1431 km	889 miles	772 nm	WSW
Bangui	Fri 1:34 PM	1443 km	896 miles	779 nm	SSE