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 01:30:00 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 01:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	North
Longitude:	39° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.06 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' 00.0"	0.00 mi	north	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.5"	937.16 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	937.16 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 36.1"	756.27 mi	east	0° 27' 43.2"	31.78 mi	south	758.10 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
Makkah	Sat 4:30 AM	45 km	28 miles	24 nm	N
Jeddah	Sat 4:30 AM	84 km	52 miles	46 nm	NW
Port Sudan	Sat 4:30 AM	312 km	194 miles	168 nm	WSW
Medina	Sat 4:30 AM	382 km	237 miles	206 nm	N
Keren	Sat 4:30 AM	598 km	372 miles	323 nm	SSW
Asmara	Sat 4:30 AM	637 km	396 miles	344 nm	S
Kassala	Sat 4:30 AM	714 km	444 miles	386 nm	SSW
Teseney	Sat 4:30 AM	735 km	456 miles	397 nm	SSW
Sana	Sat 4:30 AM	781 km	485 miles	422 nm	SE
Riyadh	Sat 4:30 AM	817 km	507 miles	441 nm	ENE