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

Latitude:	19° 06'	North
Longitude:	51° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.24 meters/second, 1527.3 km/hour, 949.0 miles/hour or 824.7 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' 49.7"	948.78 mi	west	0° 04' 45.5"	5.45 mi	south	949.02 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 14.4"	760.82 mi	east	2° 19' 25.3"	159.82 mi	south	782.42 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 6:20 AM	391 km	243 miles	211 nm	SE
Abu Dhabi	Mon 6:20 AM	682 km	424 miles	368 nm	NNE
Doha	Mon 5:20 AM	686 km	426 miles	370 nm	N
Al Khor	Mon 5:20 AM	730 km	454 miles	394 nm	N
Riyadh	Mon 5:20 AM	763 km	474 miles	412 nm	NW
Riffa	Mon 5:20 AM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	N
Manama	Mon 5:20 AM	788 km	489 miles	425 nm	N
Nizwa	Mon 6:20 AM	790 km	491 miles	427 nm	ENE
Dubai	Mon 6:20 AM	807 km	502 miles	436 nm	NNE
Dammam	Mon 5:20 AM	814 km	506 miles	440 nm	N