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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 00:08:00 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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 00:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 30'	North
Longitude:	47° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.66 meters/second, 1514.4 km/hour, 941.0 miles/hour or 817.7 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' 30.9"	15.68 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 00.5"	940.73 mi	west	0° 02' 25.8"	2.79 mi	north	940.61 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 56.3"	754.97 mi	east	0° 31' 46.2"	36.43 mi	north	754.54 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
Riyadh	Fri 3:08 AM	478 km	297 miles	258 nm	NNW
Doha	Fri 3:08 AM	643 km	399 miles	347 nm	NNE
Al-Jamiliyah	Fri 3:08 AM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	NNE
Riffa	Fri 3:08 AM	677 km	421 miles	366 nm	NNE
Al Khor	Fri 3:08 AM	678 km	421 miles	366 nm	NNE
Manama	Fri 3:08 AM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	NNE
Dammam	Fri 3:08 AM	690 km	429 miles	373 nm	NNE
Sana	Fri 3:08 AM	691 km	430 miles	373 nm	SW
Salalah	Fri 4:08 AM	750 km	466 miles	405 nm	ESE
Abu Dhabi	Fri 4:08 AM	791 km	491 miles	427 nm	NE