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, December 9, 2011 at 20:18:00 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: 99%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 9, 2011 at 20:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 16'	North
Longitude:	44° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.85 meters/second, 1493.5 km/hour, 928.0 miles/hour or 806.4 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' 29.3"	15.47 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	north	15.47 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 24.6"	927.69 mi	west	0° 01' 54.1"	2.18 mi	north	927.59 mi
24 hours	12° 21' 59.4"	791.81 mi	east	0° 14' 27.0"	16.57 mi	north	791.30 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
Riyadh	Fri 11:18 PM	383 km	238 miles	207 nm	NE
Makkah	Fri 11:18 PM	444 km	276 miles	240 nm	WSW
Jeddah	Fri 11:18 PM	508 km	316 miles	274 nm	W
Medina	Fri 11:18 PM	512 km	318 miles	276 nm	WNW
Sana	Fri 11:18 PM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	S
Port Sudan	Fri 11:18 PM	766 km	476 miles	413 nm	WSW
Dammam	Fri 11:18 PM	772 km	480 miles	417 nm	NE
Riffa	Fri 11:18 PM	790 km	491 miles	426 nm	NE
Manama	Fri 11:18 PM	798 km	496 miles	431 nm	NE
Doha	Fri 11:18 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	ENE