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 Friday, September 7, 2012 at 01:10:00 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: 64%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Friday, August 31, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 7, 2012 at 01:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 52'	North
Longitude:	51° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.46 meters/second, 1520.8 km/hour, 945.0 miles/hour or 821.2 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' 31.2"	15.75 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	north	15.75 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 15.1"	944.76 mi	west	0° 03' 54.7"	4.49 mi	north	944.57 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 54.8"	754.71 mi	east	1° 08' 05.2"	78.07 mi	north	756.01 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	Fri 5:10 AM	387 km	240 miles	209 nm	SE
Abu Dhabi	Fri 5:10 AM	564 km	351 miles	305 nm	NNE
Doha	Fri 4:10 AM	601 km	374 miles	325 nm	N
Al-Jamiliyah	Fri 4:10 AM	643 km	400 miles	347 nm	N
Al Khor	Fri 4:10 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	N
Nizwa	Fri 5:10 AM	668 km	415 miles	361 nm	ENE
Dubai	Fri 5:10 AM	688 km	427 miles	371 nm	NNE
Riffa	Fri 4:10 AM	708 km	440 miles	383 nm	NNW
Manama	Fri 4:10 AM	715 km	444 miles	386 nm	N
Dammam	Fri 4:10 AM	747 km	464 miles	404 nm	NNW