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 22:20:00 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%
Position of the Moon
On Friday, January 25, 2013 at 22:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 17° 26' | North |
| Longitude: | 12° 11' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.46 meters/second, 1542.4 km/hour, 958.4 miles/hour or 832.9 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" | 15.97 mi | west | 0° 00' 06.0" | 0.12 mi | south | 15.98 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 07.0" | 958.25 mi | west | 0° 06' 08.5" | 7.04 mi | south | 958.54 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 28' 26.5" | 757.37 mi | east | 2° 49' 48.0" | 194.61 mi | south | 787.33 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 11:20 PM | 449 km | 279 miles | 242 nm |  W |
| Zinder | Fri 11:20 PM | 527 km | 328 miles | 285 nm |  SW |
| Ndjamena | Fri 11:20 PM | 666 km | 414 miles | 359 nm |  SSE |
| Maradi | Fri 11:20 PM | 697 km | 433 miles | 377 nm | SW |
| Kano | Fri 11:20 PM | 719 km | 447 miles | 388 nm |  SSW |
| Kaduna | Fri 11:20 PM | 920 km | 572 miles | 497 nm | SW |
| Abuja | Fri 11:20 PM | 1062 km | 660 miles | 573 nm | SSW |
| Niamey | Fri 11:20 PM | 1164 km | 723 miles | 628 nm |  WSW |
| Yaoundé | Fri 11:20 PM | 1504 km | 935 miles | 812 nm |  S |
| Lagos | Fri 11:20 PM | 1548 km | 962 miles | 836 nm | SW |
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