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 Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 13:14:00 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: 38%

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 Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 13:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 44'	North
Longitude:	58° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.69 meters/second, 1500.1 km/hour, 932.1 miles/hour or 810.0 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' 29.9"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 01.3"	0.03 mi	south	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 57.9"	931.83 mi	west	0° 01' 29.7"	1.71 mi	south	931.91 mi
24 hours	12° 03' 12.2"	774.72 mi	east	1° 05' 23.0"	74.97 mi	south	781.20 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
Nizwa	Thu 5:14 PM	168 km	104 miles	91 nm	NW
Muscat	Thu 5:14 PM	208 km	129 miles	112 nm	N
Seeb	Thu 5:14 PM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	N
Dubai	Thu 5:14 PM	512 km	318 miles	276 nm	NW
Sharjah	Thu 5:14 PM	513 km	319 miles	277 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Thu 5:14 PM	520 km	323 miles	281 nm	NW
Bandar-Abbas *	Thu 5:44 PM	645 km	401 miles	348 nm	NNW
Salalah	Thu 5:14 PM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	SW
Doha	Thu 4:14 PM	815 km	506 miles	440 nm	WNW
Al Khor	Thu 4:14 PM	839 km	521 miles	453 nm	WNW