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 02:20:00 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 02:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 02'	North
Longitude:	27° 42'	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' 00.1"	0.00 mi	south	15.62 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 45.3"	937.16 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	937.16 mi
24 hours	11° 42' 38.1"	756.31 mi	east	0° 29' 40.9"	34.03 mi	south	758.31 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	Sat 4:20 AM	574 km	357 miles	310 nm	NW
Khartoum	Sat 5:20 AM	787 km	489 miles	425 nm	SE
Hurghada	Sat 4:20 AM	928 km	576 miles	501 nm	NE
Port Sudan	Sat 5:20 AM	1005 km	624 miles	543 nm	E
Al Jizah	Sat 4:20 AM	1056 km	656 miles	570 nm	NNE
Cairo	Sat 4:20 AM	1060 km	659 miles	572 nm	NNE
Alexandria	Sat 4:20 AM	1151 km	715 miles	621 nm	N
Jeddah	Sat 5:20 AM	1190 km	740 miles	643 nm	E
Makkah	Sat 5:20 AM	1258 km	781 miles	679 nm	E
Medina	Sat 5:20 AM	1280 km	795 miles	691 nm	ENE