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, January 7, 2012 at 20:46:00 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: 98%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:14 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 20:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 01'	North
Longitude:	31° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.09 meters/second, 1494.3 km/hour, 928.5 miles/hour or 806.9 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' 28.4"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 02.7"	0.05 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 21.8"	928.23 mi	west	0° 02' 47.5"	3.20 mi	south	928.39 mi
24 hours	12° 39' 24.6"	811.84 mi	east	1° 39' 42.3"	114.33 mi	south	824.43 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
Hurghada	Sat 10:46 PM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	NNE
Port Sudan	Sat 11:46 PM	679 km	422 miles	367 nm	ESE
Khartoum	Sat 11:46 PM	723 km	450 miles	391 nm	SSE
Jeddah	Sat 11:46 PM	825 km	512 miles	445 nm	E
Al Jizah	Sat 10:46 PM	886 km	551 miles	478 nm	N
Cairo	Sat 10:46 PM	889 km	553 miles	480 nm	N
Makkah	Sat 11:46 PM	892 km	554 miles	482 nm	E
Medina	Sat 11:46 PM	901 km	560 miles	487 nm	ENE
Kassala	Sat 11:46 PM	910 km	565 miles	491 nm	SE
Teseney	Sat 11:46 PM	956 km	594 miles	516 nm	SE