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 01:18:00 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 01:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 32'	North
Longitude:	31° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.52 meters/second, 1513.9 km/hour, 940.7 miles/hour or 817.4 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' 59.6"	940.42 mi	west	0° 02' 19.2"	2.66 mi	north	940.30 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 13.2"	755.05 mi	east	0° 29' 03.7"	33.33 mi	north	754.58 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
Khartoum	Fri 4:18 AM	569 km	353 miles	307 nm	SSE
Port Sudan	Fri 4:18 AM	653 km	406 miles	353 nm	E
Hurghada	Fri 3:18 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	NNE
Kassala	Fri 4:18 AM	799 km	497 miles	431 nm	SE
Teseney	Fri 4:18 AM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	SE
Jeddah	Fri 4:18 AM	850 km	528 miles	459 nm	E
Makkah	Fri 4:18 AM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	E
Keren	Fri 4:18 AM	944 km	586 miles	510 nm	ESE
Medina	Fri 4:18 AM	982 km	610 miles	530 nm	ENE
Asmara	Fri 4:18 AM	1015 km	630 miles	548 nm	ESE