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, September 10, 2012 at 03:10:00 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: 35%

Previous phase	Third Quarter	Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Next phase	New Moon	Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:11 AM

Position of the Moon

On Monday, September 10, 2012 at 03:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 20'	North
Longitude:	58° 13'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.73 meters/second, 1514.6 km/hour, 941.2 miles/hour or 817.8 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' 30.2"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	south	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 15.1"	940.90 mi	west	0° 03' 23.0"	3.88 mi	south	941.08 mi
24 hours	11° 53' 52.4"	771.91 mi	east	1° 48' 43.1"	124.64 mi	south	786.22 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	Mon 7:10 AM	297 km	184 miles	160 nm	NNW
Muscat	Mon 7:10 AM	364 km	226 miles	197 nm	N
Seeb	Mon 7:10 AM	371 km	231 miles	200 nm	N
Salalah	Mon 7:10 AM	569 km	354 miles	307 nm	SW
Abu Dhabi	Mon 7:10 AM	603 km	375 miles	326 nm	NW
Dubai	Mon 7:10 AM	623 km	387 miles	337 nm	NNW
Sharjah	Mon 7:10 AM	628 km	390 miles	339 nm	NNW
Bandar-Abbas *	Mon 7:40 AM	784 km	487 miles	423 nm	NNW
Doha	Mon 6:10 AM	878 km	546 miles	474 nm	NW
Al Khor	Mon 6:10 AM	908 km	564 miles	490 nm	NW