Moon Light World Map
The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
UTC time = Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 2:24:00 AM.
= The Sun's position directly overhead (zenith) in relation to an observer.
= The Moon's position at its zenith in relation to an observer (Moon phase is not shown).
Fraction of moon illuminated: 88%
|Previous phase||Full Moon||Friday, December 28, 2012 at 10:23 AM|
|Next phase||Third Quarter||Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 3:59 AM|
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 02:24:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.79 meters/second, 1597.7 km/hour, 992.7 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' 32.4"||16.54 mi||West||0° 00' 10.0"||0.19 mi||South||16.55 mi|
|1 hour||14° 32' 29.0"||992.60 mi||West||0° 10' 05.3"||11.56 mi||South||992.91 mi|
|24 hours||10° 59' 02.5"||749.80 mi||East||4° 13' 45.5"||290.63 mi||South||807.73 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Abuja||Tue 3:24 AM||188 km||117 miles||101 nm||E|
|Kaduna||Tue 3:24 AM||225 km||140 miles||121 nm||NE|
|Zaria||Tue 3:24 AM||285 km||177 miles||154 nm||NE|
|Ibadan||Tue 3:24 AM||299 km||186 miles||161 nm||SW|
|Benin City||Tue 3:24 AM||329 km||205 miles||178 nm||S|
|Parakou||Tue 3:24 AM||347 km||216 miles||188 nm||W|
|Makurdi||Tue 3:24 AM||348 km||216 miles||188 nm||ESE|
|Abeokuta||Tue 3:24 AM||359 km||223 miles||194 nm||SW|
|Enugu||Tue 3:24 AM||369 km||229 miles||199 nm||SSE|
|Kandi||Tue 3:24 AM||372 km||231 miles||201 nm||WNW|
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