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 01:28:00 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 01:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 33'	North
Longitude:	28° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.50 meters/second, 1513.8 km/hour, 940.6 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"	0.04 mi	north	15.68 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 59.5"	940.38 mi	west	0° 02' 18.2"	2.64 mi	north	940.26 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 15.7"	755.06 mi	east	0° 28' 40.4"	32.88 mi	north	754.59 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
Kufra	Fri 3:28 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	NW
Khartoum	Fri 4:28 AM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	SE
Port Sudan	Fri 4:28 AM	904 km	561 miles	488 nm	E
Hurghada	Fri 3:28 AM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	NE
Kassala	Fri 4:28 AM	998 km	620 miles	539 nm	ESE
Al Jizah	Fri 3:28 AM	1080 km	671 miles	583 nm	NNE
Cairo	Fri 3:28 AM	1084 km	674 miles	585 nm	NNE
Jeddah	Fri 4:28 AM	1100 km	684 miles	594 nm	E
Makkah	Fri 4:28 AM	1167 km	725 miles	630 nm	E
Alexandria	Fri 3:28 AM	1189 km	739 miles	642 nm	N