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, October 4, 2012 at 00:30:00 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: 86%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 00:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 05'	North
Longitude:	31° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.57 meters/second, 1528.5 km/hour, 949.7 miles/hour or 825.3 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' 31.3"	15.83 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	north	15.83 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 24.7"	949.51 mi	west	0° 04' 36.0"	5.28 mi	north	949.31 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 04.3"	753.09 mi	east	1° 25' 23.4"	97.90 mi	north	756.14 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
Khartoum	Thu 3:30 AM	413 km	256 miles	223 nm	SSE
Port Sudan	Thu 3:30 AM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	E
Kassala	Thu 3:30 AM	689 km	428 miles	372 nm	SE
Teseney	Thu 3:30 AM	733 km	455 miles	396 nm	SE
Keren	Thu 3:30 AM	858 km	533 miles	463 nm	ESE
Jeddah	Thu 3:30 AM	879 km	546 miles	475 nm	ENE
Asmara	Thu 3:30 AM	927 km	576 miles	500 nm	ESE
Makkah	Thu 3:30 AM	942 km	585 miles	509 nm	ENE
Hurghada	Thu 2:30 AM	945 km	587 miles	510 nm	NNE
Medina	Thu 3:30 AM	1059 km	658 miles	572 nm	NE