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, March 3, 2012 at 17:58:00 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: 75%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM
Next phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 17:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 51'	North
Longitude:	33° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.41 meters/second, 1517.1 km/hour, 942.7 miles/hour or 819.2 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' 28.9"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	south	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 56.9"	942.43 mi	west	0° 05' 38.0"	6.46 mi	south	942.73 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 11.9"	808.28 mi	east	2° 45' 13.0"	189.40 mi	south	836.65 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
Port Sudan	Sat 8:58 PM	416 km	258 miles	224 nm	E
Khartoum	Sat 8:58 PM	475 km	295 miles	257 nm	S
Kassala	Sat 8:58 PM	590 km	366 miles	318 nm	SE
Teseney	Sat 8:58 PM	636 km	395 miles	343 nm	SE
Jeddah	Sat 8:58 PM	643 km	399 miles	347 nm	ENE
Makkah	Sat 8:58 PM	706 km	439 miles	381 nm	ENE
Keren	Sat 8:58 PM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	SE
Asmara	Sat 8:58 PM	782 km	486 miles	423 nm	SE
Hurghada	Sat 7:58 PM	823 km	512 miles	445 nm	N
Medina	Sat 8:58 PM	832 km	517 miles	449 nm	NE