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 Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 20:58:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:48 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 20:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 30'	North
Longitude:	46° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.87 meters/second, 1489.9 km/hour, 925.8 miles/hour or 804.5 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' 28.8"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 48.2"	925.50 mi	west	0° 00' 55.0"	1.05 mi	south	925.56 mi
24 hours	12° 30' 27.9"	799.52 mi	east	0° 54' 21.0"	62.33 mi	south	804.52 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	Sat 11:58 PM	238 km	148 miles	128 nm	N
Dammam	Sat 11:58 PM	554 km	344 miles	299 nm	NE
Riffa	Sat 11:58 PM	559 km	347 miles	302 nm	NE
Qatif	Sat 11:58 PM	559 km	348 miles	302 nm	NE
Al-Jamiliyah	Sat 11:58 PM	562 km	349 miles	303 nm	NE
Manama	Sat 11:58 PM	567 km	353 miles	306 nm	NE
Doha	Sat 11:58 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	ENE
Al Khor	Sat 11:58 PM	600 km	373 miles	324 nm	NE
Makkah	Sat 11:58 PM	724 km	450 miles	391 nm	W
Medina	Sat 11:58 PM	759 km	472 miles	410 nm	WNW