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 00:10:00 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 Friday, October 5, 2012 at 00:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

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

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.65 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' 00.4"	940.72 mi	west	0° 02' 25.5"	2.78 mi	north	940.60 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 56.8"	754.98 mi	east	0° 31' 41.6"	36.34 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 3:10 AM	467 km	290 miles	252 nm	N
Sana	Fri 3:10 AM	663 km	412 miles	358 nm	SSW
Doha	Fri 3:10 AM	672 km	418 miles	363 nm	NE
Al-Jamiliyah	Fri 3:10 AM	676 km	420 miles	365 nm	NNE
Riffa	Fri 3:10 AM	698 km	433 miles	377 nm	NNE
Al Khor	Fri 3:10 AM	705 km	438 miles	381 nm	NE
Manama	Fri 3:10 AM	707 km	439 miles	382 nm	NNE
Dammam	Fri 3:10 AM	708 km	440 miles	382 nm	NNE
Salalah	Fri 4:10 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	ESE
Makkah	Fri 3:10 AM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	W