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 Monday, March 26, 2012 at 11:20:00 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: 13%

Previous phase	New Moon	Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Next phase	First Quarter	Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, March 26, 2012 at 11:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 52'	North
Longitude:	51° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.34 meters/second, 1531.2 km/hour, 951.5 miles/hour or 826.8 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' 31.8"	15.86 mi	west	0° 00' 05.7"	0.11 mi	north	15.86 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 50.3"	951.22 mi	west	0° 05' 45.5"	6.60 mi	north	950.97 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 02.3"	747.49 mi	east	1° 53' 55.7"	130.62 mi	north	754.51 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
Salalah	Mon 3:20 PM	385 km	239 miles	208 nm	ESE
Abu Dhabi	Mon 3:20 PM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	NNE
Doha	Mon 2:20 PM	712 km	443 miles	385 nm	N
Al Khor	Mon 2:20 PM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	N
Riyadh	Mon 2:20 PM	778 km	484 miles	420 nm	NW
Riffa	Mon 2:20 PM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	N
Manama	Mon 2:20 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	N
Nizwa	Mon 3:20 PM	813 km	505 miles	439 nm	NE
Sana	Mon 2:20 PM	818 km	509 miles	442 nm	WSW
Dubai	Mon 3:20 PM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	NNE