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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- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:38:00 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.
Fraction of moon illuminated: 21%
Position of the Moon
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
|Latitude: ||8° 37' ||North|
|Longitude: ||5° 32' ||West|
The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.83 meters/second, 1597.8 km/hour, 992.8 miles/hour or 862.7 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:
|Time||Longitude difference||Latitude difference||Total|
|1 minute||0° 14' 30.8"||16.55 mi||west||0° 00' 10.8"||0.21 mi||south||16.55 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 53.6"||992.75 mi||west||0° 10' 55.2"||12.51 mi||south||993.06 mi|
|24 hours||11° 43' 35.8"||802.06 mi||east||4° 36' 14.0"||316.39 mi||south||865.93 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Bouaké||Thu 8:38 AM||117 km||73 miles||63 nm|| SSE|
|Yamoussoukro||Thu 8:38 AM||201 km||125 miles||109 nm|| S|
|Sikasso||Thu 8:38 AM||298 km||185 miles||161 nm|| N|
|Bobo-Dioulasso||Thu 8:38 AM||314 km||195 miles||170 nm|| NNE|
|Nzérékoré||Thu 8:38 AM||375 km||233 miles||202 nm|| WSW|
|Abidjan||Thu 8:38 AM||402 km||250 miles||217 nm|| SSE|
|Koutiala||Thu 8:38 AM||417 km||259 miles||225 nm|| N|
|Gbarnga||Thu 8:38 AM||470 km||292 miles||254 nm|| WSW|
|Kumasi||Thu 8:38 AM||482 km||299 miles||260 nm|| ESE|
|Bamako||Thu 8:38 AM||520 km||323 miles||281 nm|| NNW|
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