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 Monday, October 8, 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: 52%

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 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 02:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 07'	North
Longitude:	53° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.21 meters/second, 1527.1 km/hour, 948.9 miles/hour or 824.6 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' 30.7"	15.82 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.82 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.6"	948.70 mi	west	0° 04' 44.6"	5.44 mi	south	948.95 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 16.0"	760.79 mi	east	2° 19' 03.6"	159.40 mi	south	782.30 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
Salalah	Mon 6:10 AM	240 km	149 miles	130 nm	SSE
Nizwa	Mon 6:10 AM	593 km	368 miles	320 nm	NE
Abu Dhabi	Mon 6:10 AM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	N
Seeb	Mon 6:10 AM	699 km	434 miles	377 nm	NE
Dubai	Mon 6:10 AM	705 km	438 miles	381 nm	NNE
Doha	Mon 5:10 AM	713 km	443 miles	385 nm	NNW
Muscat	Mon 6:10 AM	719 km	447 miles	388 nm	NE
Al Khor	Mon 5:10 AM	757 km	470 miles	409 nm	NNW
Riffa	Mon 5:10 AM	835 km	519 miles	451 nm	NNW
Manama	Mon 5:10 AM	840 km	522 miles	454 nm	NNW