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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 01:08:00 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: 71%

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 Saturday, October 6, 2012 at 01:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	North
Longitude:	45° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.07 meters/second, 1508.6 km/hour, 937.4 miles/hour or 814.6 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' 30.7"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.6"	937.16 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	937.16 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 34.9"	756.25 mi	east	0° 26' 51.4"	30.80 mi	south	758.00 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	Sat 4:08 AM	434 km	270 miles	234 nm	NNE
Makkah	Sat 4:08 AM	553 km	343 miles	298 nm	W
Jeddah	Sat 4:08 AM	620 km	386 miles	335 nm	W
Sana	Sat 4:08 AM	632 km	392 miles	341 nm	S
Medina	Sat 4:08 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	NW
Dammam	Sat 4:08 AM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	NE
Riffa	Sat 4:08 AM	792 km	492 miles	427 nm	NE
Manama	Sat 4:08 AM	800 km	497 miles	432 nm	NE
Doha	Sat 4:08 AM	808 km	502 miles	436 nm	NE
Al Khor	Sat 4:08 AM	831 km	517 miles	449 nm	NE