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 00:58:00 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: 79%

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 00:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 32'	North
Longitude:	35° 53'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.56 meters/second, 1514.0 km/hour, 940.8 miles/hour or 817.5 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' 02.3"	0.05 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 59.8"	940.51 mi	west	0° 02' 21.0"	2.70 mi	north	940.39 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 08.5"	755.03 mi	east	0° 29' 50.1"	34.21 mi	north	754.57 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
Port Sudan	Fri 3:58 AM	172 km	107 miles	93 nm	SE
Jeddah	Fri 3:58 AM	357 km	222 miles	193 nm	ENE
Makkah	Fri 3:58 AM	420 km	261 miles	227 nm	ENE
Kassala	Fri 3:58 AM	565 km	351 miles	305 nm	S
Medina	Fri 3:58 AM	580 km	361 miles	313 nm	NE
Keren	Fri 3:58 AM	591 km	368 miles	319 nm	SSE
Teseney	Fri 3:58 AM	605 km	376 miles	327 nm	S
Khartoum	Fri 3:58 AM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	SSW
Asmara	Fri 3:58 AM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	SSE
Hurghada	Fri 2:58 AM	775 km	481 miles	418 nm	NNW