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 23:36:00 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 23:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 28'	North
Longitude:	55° 44'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.72 meters/second, 1514.6 km/hour, 941.1 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' 30.9"	15.69 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.69 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.9"	940.87 mi	west	0° 02' 28.8"	2.84 mi	north	940.75 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 48.5"	754.94 mi	east	0° 33' 00.4"	37.85 mi	north	754.53 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	Fri 3:36 AM	330 km	205 miles	178 nm	NE
Salalah	Fri 3:36 AM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	SSW
Seeb	Fri 3:36 AM	436 km	271 miles	236 nm	NE
Muscat	Fri 3:36 AM	453 km	281 miles	244 nm	NE
Abu Dhabi	Fri 3:36 AM	462 km	287 miles	249 nm	NNW
Dubai	Fri 3:36 AM	533 km	331 miles	288 nm	N
Sharjah	Fri 3:36 AM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	N
Doha	Fri 2:36 AM	685 km	426 miles	370 nm	NW
Al Khor	Fri 2:36 AM	722 km	448 miles	390 nm	NW
Bandar-Abbas	Fri 3:06 AM	745 km	463 miles	402 nm	N