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 23:10:00 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: 80%

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 23:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 27'	North
Longitude:	62° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.77 meters/second, 1514.8 km/hour, 941.2 miles/hour or 817.9 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' 30.9"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 01.4"	940.99 mi	west	0° 02' 31.2"	2.89 mi	north	940.87 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 42.0"	754.91 mi	east	0° 34' 00.8"	39.00 mi	north	754.52 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	Fri 3:10 AM	500 km	311 miles	270 nm	NW
Seeb	Fri 3:10 AM	534 km	332 miles	288 nm	NW
Nizwa	Fri 3:10 AM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	WNW
Karachi	Fri 4:10 AM	709 km	440 miles	383 nm	NE
Hyderabad	Fri 4:10 AM	849 km	528 miles	459 nm	NE
Dubai	Fri 3:10 AM	872 km	542 miles	471 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Fri 3:10 AM	902 km	560 miles	487 nm	WNW
Salalah	Fri 3:10 AM	918 km	571 miles	496 nm	WSW
Bandar-Abbas	Fri 2:40 AM	947 km	588 miles	511 nm	NW
Surat	Fri 4:40 AM	1135 km	705 miles	613 nm	E