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, September 8, 2012 at 01:16:00 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: 55%
Position of the Moon
On Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 01:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 21° 00' | North |
| Longitude: | 62° 08' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.11 meters/second, 1508.8 km/hour, 937.5 miles/hour or 814.7 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' 30.7" | 15.63 mi | west | 0° 00' 01.7" | 0.03 mi | north | 15.63 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 45.2" | 937.26 mi | west | 0° 01' 37.9" | 1.87 mi | north | 937.18 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 46' 13.7" | 760.26 mi | east | 0° 11' 47.9" | 13.53 mi | north | 759.88 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 | Sat 5:16 AM | 468 km | 291 miles | 253 nm |  NW |
| Seeb | Sat 5:16 AM | 503 km | 313 miles | 272 nm | NW |
| Nizwa | Sat 5:16 AM | 521 km | 323 miles | 281 nm |  WNW |
| Karachi | Sat 6:16 AM | 659 km | 409 miles | 356 nm |  NE |
| Hyderabad | Sat 6:16 AM | 801 km | 498 miles | 433 nm | NE |
| Dubai | Sat 5:16 AM | 844 km | 524 miles | 456 nm | NW |
| Abu Dhabi | Sat 5:16 AM | 882 km | 548 miles | 476 nm | WNW |
| Bandar-Abbas * | Sat 5:46 AM | 906 km | 563 miles | 489 nm | NW |
| Salalah | Sat 5:16 AM | 954 km | 593 miles | 515 nm |  WSW |
| Ahmedabad | Sat 6:46 AM | 1111 km | 690 miles | 600 nm |  ENE |
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