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

Latitude:	20° 33'	North
Longitude:	44° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.38 meters/second, 1513.4 km/hour, 940.4 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"	0.05 mi	south	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 43.2"	940.11 mi	west	0° 02' 25.7"	2.78 mi	south	940.24 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 42.1"	757.71 mi	east	1° 24' 54.5"	97.35 mi	south	767.32 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
Makkah	Sun 5:00 AM	472 km	293 miles	255 nm	WNW
Riyadh	Sun 5:00 AM	521 km	324 miles	281 nm	NNE
Jeddah	Sun 5:00 AM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	WNW
Sana	Sun 5:00 AM	571 km	355 miles	308 nm	S
Medina	Sun 5:00 AM	646 km	401 miles	349 nm	NW
Port Sudan	Sun 5:00 AM	743 km	462 miles	401 nm	W
Asmara	Sun 5:00 AM	806 km	501 miles	435 nm	SW
Keren	Sun 5:00 AM	809 km	503 miles	437 nm	SW
Aden	Sun 5:00 AM	857 km	533 miles	463 nm	S
Dammam	Sun 5:00 AM	884 km	550 miles	478 nm	NE