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 02:10:00 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 02:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	North
Longitude:	30° 08'	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	south	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.4"	937.16 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.10 mi	south	937.16 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 37.6"	756.30 mi	east	0° 29' 17.4"	33.58 mi	south	758.27 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
Khartoum	Sat 5:10 AM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	SSE
Port Sudan	Sat 5:10 AM	756 km	470 miles	408 nm	E
Hurghada	Sat 4:10 AM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	NNE
Kassala	Sat 5:10 AM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	SE
Jeddah	Sat 5:10 AM	940 km	584 miles	507 nm	E
Teseney	Sat 5:10 AM	952 km	591 miles	514 nm	SE
Al Jizah	Sat 4:10 AM	1002 km	623 miles	541 nm	N
Cairo	Sat 4:10 AM	1005 km	625 miles	543 nm	N
Makkah	Sat 5:10 AM	1007 km	626 miles	544 nm	E
Medina	Sat 5:10 AM	1046 km	650 miles	565 nm	ENE