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 01:20:00 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: 55%

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 Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 01:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 01'	North
Longitude:	61° 10'	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' 45.1"	937.25 mi	west	0° 01' 37.5"	1.86 mi	north	937.17 mi
24 hours	11° 46' 15.1"	760.28 mi	east	0° 11' 38.4"	13.35 mi	north	759.90 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 5:20 AM	394 km	245 miles	213 nm	NW
Seeb	Sat 5:20 AM	426 km	265 miles	230 nm	NW
Nizwa	Sat 5:20 AM	431 km	268 miles	233 nm	WNW
Karachi	Sat 6:20 AM	737 km	458 miles	398 nm	NE
Dubai	Sat 5:20 AM	764 km	474 miles	412 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Sat 5:20 AM	794 km	493 miles	428 nm	WNW
Bandar-Abbas *	Sat 5:50 AM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	NW
Salalah	Sat 5:20 AM	866 km	538 miles	467 nm	WSW
Hyderabad	Sat 6:20 AM	882 km	548 miles	476 nm	NE
Doha	Sat 4:20 AM	1094 km	679 miles	590 nm	WNW