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

Latitude:	20° 52'	North
Longitude:	24° 05'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.53 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"	938.21 mi	west	0° 00' 42.2"	0.81 mi	north	938.17 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 52.3"	754.10 mi	east	0° 09' 52.6"	11.33 mi	south	754.59 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 2:30 AM	377 km	234 miles	204 nm	NNW
Khartoum	Fri 3:30 AM	1067 km	663 miles	576 nm	ESE
Al Jizah	Fri 2:30 AM	1240 km	770 miles	669 nm	NNE
Cairo	Fri 2:30 AM	1244 km	773 miles	672 nm	NNE
Alexandria	Fri 2:30 AM	1287 km	799 miles	695 nm	NNE
Ndjamena	Fri 1:30 AM	1366 km	849 miles	738 nm	SW
Bethlehem	Fri 2:30 AM	1632 km	1014 miles	881 nm	NE
Tel Aviv	Fri 2:30 AM	1634 km	1015 miles	882 nm	NE
Makkah	Fri 3:30 AM	1635 km	1016 miles	883 nm	E
Jerusalem	Fri 2:30 AM	1640 km	1019 miles	886 nm	NE