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 Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 19:30:00 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	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 Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 19:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 28'	North
Longitude:	62° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.47 meters/second, 1510.1 km/hour, 938.3 miles/hour or 815.4 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' 28.4"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 05.4"	0.10 mi	south	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 25.1"	938.06 mi	west	0° 05' 28.0"	6.27 mi	south	938.36 mi
24 hours	12° 33' 24.2"	813.89 mi	east	2° 41' 50.5"	185.54 mi	south	841.41 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
Muscat	Sun 11:30 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	NW
Seeb	Sun 11:30 PM	546 km	339 miles	295 nm	NW
Nizwa	Sun 11:30 PM	555 km	345 miles	300 nm	WNW
Karachi	Mon 12:30 AM	694 km	431 miles	375 nm	NE
Hyderabad	Mon 12:30 AM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	NE
Dubai	Sun 11:30 PM	885 km	550 miles	478 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Sun 11:30 PM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	WNW
Salalah	Sun 11:30 PM	937 km	582 miles	506 nm	WSW
Bandar-Abbas	Sun 11:00 PM	957 km	595 miles	517 nm	NW
Surat	Mon 1:00 AM	1116 km	693 miles	603 nm	E