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 02:30:00 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 02:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 05'	North
Longitude:	48° 42'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 424.27 meters/second, 1527.4 km/hour, 949.1 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"	948.86 mi	west	0° 04' 46.4"	5.47 mi	south	949.10 mi
24 hours	11° 38' 12.7"	760.85 mi	east	2° 19' 47.0"	160.23 mi	south	782.54 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 6:30 AM	616 km	383 miles	333 nm	ESE
Sana	Mon 5:30 AM	627 km	390 miles	339 nm	SW
Riyadh	Mon 5:30 AM	648 km	403 miles	350 nm	NNW
Doha	Mon 5:30 AM	745 km	463 miles	403 nm	NNE
Al Khor	Mon 5:30 AM	785 km	488 miles	424 nm	NNE
Aden	Mon 5:30 AM	797 km	495 miles	430 nm	SSW
Riffa	Mon 5:30 AM	803 km	499 miles	433 nm	NNE
Manama	Mon 5:30 AM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	NNE
Dammam	Mon 5:30 AM	823 km	512 miles	445 nm	N
Abu Dhabi	Mon 6:30 AM	836 km	519 miles	451 nm	NE