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 01:40:00 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 01:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	North
Longitude:	37° 23'	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' 30.8"	15.62 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	north	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.4"	937.16 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	937.16 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 36.4"	756.28 mi	east	0° 28' 06.7"	32.23 mi	south	758.14 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
Port Sudan	Sat 4:40 AM	157 km	98 miles	85 nm	S
Jeddah	Sat 4:40 AM	192 km	120 miles	104 nm	ENE
Makkah	Sat 4:40 AM	257 km	159 miles	139 nm	E
Medina	Sat 4:40 AM	445 km	276 miles	240 nm	NNE
Keren	Sat 4:40 AM	592 km	368 miles	319 nm	S
Kassala	Sat 4:40 AM	626 km	389 miles	338 nm	S
Asmara	Sat 4:40 AM	651 km	405 miles	352 nm	SSE
Teseney	Sat 4:40 AM	659 km	410 miles	356 nm	S
Hurghada	Sat 3:40 AM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	NNW
Khartoum	Sat 4:40 AM	789 km	490 miles	426 nm	SW