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.
Change time and date
|< 4 weeks||4 weeks >||March equinox|
|< 1 day||1 day >||June solstice|
|< 12 hours||12 hours >||September equinox|
|< 6 hours||6 hours >||December solstice|
|< 1 hour||1 hour >||Now/Current time|
|< 10 minutes||10 minutes >|
- The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, September 14, 2012 at 09:38:00 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: 4%
|Previous phase||Third Quarter||Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:17 PM|
|Next phase||New Moon||Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:12 AM|
Position of the Moon
On Friday, September 14, 2012 at 09:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at
The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.52 meters/second, 1603.9 km/hour, 996.6 miles/hour or 866.0 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' 30.2"||16.61 mi||west||0° 00' 11.6"||0.22 mi||south||16.61 mi|
|1 hour||14° 30' 19.1"||996.47 mi||west||0° 11' 44.7"||13.45 mi||south||996.76 mi|
|24 hours||11° 56' 33.4"||820.43 mi||east||4° 52' 42.6"||335.21 mi||south||889.15 mi|
Locations with the moon near zenith
The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
|Ngaoundéré||Fri 10:38 AM||178 km||110 miles||96 nm||ENE|
|Bamenda||Fri 10:38 AM||231 km||143 miles||125 nm||WSW|
|Jalingo||Fri 10:38 AM||254 km||158 miles||137 nm||NNW|
|Bertoua||Fri 10:38 AM||295 km||183 miles||159 nm||SE|
|Garoua||Fri 10:38 AM||320 km||199 miles||173 nm||NNE|
|Yaoundé||Fri 10:38 AM||323 km||201 miles||174 nm||SSW|
|Douala||Fri 10:38 AM||397 km||247 miles||214 nm||SW|
|Makurdi||Fri 10:38 AM||410 km||255 miles||221 nm||WNW|
|Bozoum||Fri 10:38 AM||476 km||296 miles||257 nm||E|
|Moundou||Fri 10:38 AM||484 km||301 miles||262 nm||ENE|
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