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 01:50:00 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 01:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 34'	North
Longitude:	23° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.46 meters/second, 1513.7 km/hour, 940.5 miles/hour or 817.3 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' 59.1"	940.28 mi	west	0° 02' 16.1"	2.60 mi	north	940.17 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 20.7"	755.08 mi	east	0° 27' 49.3"	31.90 mi	north	754.60 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 3:50 AM	403 km	250 miles	217 nm	N
Khartoum	Fri 4:50 AM	1120 km	696 miles	605 nm	ESE
Ndjamena	Fri 2:50 AM	1285 km	798 miles	694 nm	SW
Al Jizah	Fri 3:50 AM	1314 km	816 miles	709 nm	NE
Cairo	Fri 3:50 AM	1318 km	819 miles	712 nm	NE
Alexandria	Fri 3:50 AM	1354 km	841 miles	731 nm	NNE
Tripoli	Fri 3:50 AM	1696 km	1054 miles	916 nm	NW
Bethlehem	Fri 3:50 AM	1711 km	1063 miles	924 nm	NE
Tel Aviv	Fri 3:50 AM	1712 km	1064 miles	924 nm	NE
Makkah	Fri 4:50 AM	1718 km	1068 miles	928 nm	E