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 Friday, November 2, 2012 at 00:20:00 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: 91%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:36 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 00:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	North
Longitude:	26° 30'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.54 meters/second, 1510.3 km/hour, 938.5 miles/hour or 815.5 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' 30.8"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.9"	938.22 mi	west	0° 00' 43.2"	0.83 mi	north	938.19 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 52.3"	754.11 mi	east	0° 09' 29.4"	10.88 mi	south	754.58 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
Kufra	Fri 2:20 AM	495 km	307 miles	267 nm	NW
Khartoum	Fri 3:20 AM	864 km	537 miles	467 nm	SE
Al Jizah	Fri 2:20 AM	1118 km	694 miles	603 nm	NNE
Cairo	Fri 2:20 AM	1122 km	697 miles	606 nm	NNE
Alexandria	Fri 2:20 AM	1196 km	743 miles	646 nm	NNE
Jeddah	Fri 3:20 AM	1317 km	818 miles	711 nm	E
Makkah	Fri 3:20 AM	1384 km	860 miles	747 nm	E
Medina	Fri 3:20 AM	1404 km	873 miles	758 nm	ENE
Gaza	Fri 2:20 AM	1420 km	883 miles	767 nm	NNE
Asmara	Fri 3:20 AM	1451 km	902 miles	784 nm	ESE