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 Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 17:26:00 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: 50%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 17:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 02' | North |
| Longitude: | 10° 01' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.89 meters/second, 1518.8 km/hour, 943.8 miles/hour or 820.1 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' 30.9" | 15.73 mi | west | 0° 00' 01.8" | 0.04 mi | south | 15.73 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 31' 00.4" | 943.52 mi | west | 0° 01' 53.1" | 2.16 mi | south | 943.62 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 33' 23.3" | 751.20 mi | east | 1° 10' 35.2" | 80.93 mi | south | 758.28 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 | Tue 6:26 PM | 401 km | 249 miles | 217 nm |  SSW |
| Zinder | Tue 6:26 PM | 698 km | 434 miles | 377 nm |  S |
| Maradi | Tue 6:26 PM | 788 km | 489 miles | 425 nm | SSW |
| Kano | Tue 6:26 PM | 903 km | 561 miles | 488 nm | S |
| Ndjamena | Tue 6:26 PM | 1029 km | 639 miles | 555 nm |  SSE |
| Niamey | Tue 6:26 PM | 1109 km | 689 miles | 599 nm |  SW |
| Abuja | Tue 6:26 PM | 1239 km | 770 miles | 669 nm | SSW |
| Tripoli | Tue 6:26 PM | 1459 km | 907 miles | 788 nm |  NNE |
| Ouagadougou | Tue 5:26 PM | 1497 km | 930 miles | 808 nm |  WSW |
| Lagos | Tue 6:26 PM | 1667 km | 1036 miles | 900 nm | SSW |
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