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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 00:46:00 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: 62%
Position of the Moon
On Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 00:46:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 36' | North |
| Longitude: | 62° 09' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.24 meters/second, 1512.9 km/hour, 940.1 miles/hour or 816.9 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' 30.6" | 15.67 mi | west | 0° 00' 02.3" | 0.04 mi | south | 15.67 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 42.9" | 939.81 mi | west | 0° 02' 18.4" | 2.65 mi | south | 939.93 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 41' 49.6" | 757.61 mi | east | 1° 22' 04.0" | 94.10 mi | south | 766.71 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 |
|---|
| Muscat | Sun 4:46 AM | 500 km | 311 miles | 270 nm |  NW |
| Seeb | Sun 4:46 AM | 534 km | 332 miles | 288 nm | NW |
| Nizwa | Sun 4:46 AM | 544 km | 338 miles | 294 nm |  WNW |
| Karachi | Sun 5:46 AM | 688 km | 428 miles | 372 nm |  NE |
| Hyderabad | Sun 5:46 AM | 829 km | 515 miles | 448 nm | NE |
| Dubai | Sun 4:46 AM | 873 km | 543 miles | 472 nm | NW |
| Abu Dhabi | Sun 4:46 AM | 906 km | 563 miles | 489 nm | WNW |
| Salalah | Sun 4:46 AM | 937 km | 582 miles | 506 nm |  WSW |
| Bandar-Abbas | Sun 4:16 AM | 943 km | 586 miles | 509 nm | NW |
| Surat | Sun 6:16 AM | 1120 km | 696 miles | 605 nm |  E |
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