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 01:36:00 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%

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 Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 01:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 34'	North
Longitude:	50° 04'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.33 meters/second, 1513.2 km/hour, 940.3 miles/hour or 817.1 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' 43.1"	940.01 mi	west	0° 02' 23.3"	2.74 mi	south	940.14 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 44.6"	757.68 mi	east	1° 23' 59.2"	96.30 mi	south	767.12 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
Doha	Sun 4:36 AM	544 km	338 miles	294 nm	NNE
Riyadh	Sun 4:36 AM	568 km	353 miles	306 nm	NW
Al-Jamiliyah	Sun 4:36 AM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	N
Salalah	Sun 5:36 AM	579 km	360 miles	312 nm	SE
Al Khor	Sun 4:36 AM	586 km	364 miles	317 nm	NNE
Riffa	Sun 4:36 AM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	N
Abu Dhabi	Sun 5:36 AM	619 km	385 miles	334 nm	NE
Manama	Sun 4:36 AM	627 km	390 miles	339 nm	N
Dammam	Sun 4:36 AM	647 km	402 miles	349 nm	N
Qatif	Sun 4:36 AM	665 km	413 miles	359 nm	N