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 Saturday, November 3, 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: 85%

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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 00:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 43'	North
Longitude:	38° 10'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.98 meters/second, 1511.9 km/hour, 939.5 miles/hour or 816.4 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"	15.66 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	south	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.1"	939.23 mi	west	0° 01' 36.4"	1.84 mi	south	939.31 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 46.0"	751.55 mi	east	1° 04' 50.9"	74.35 mi	south	757.83 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
Jeddah	Sat 3:20 AM	136 km	84 miles	73 nm	NE
Port Sudan	Sat 3:20 AM	157 km	97 miles	85 nm	SW
Makkah	Sat 3:20 AM	189 km	118 miles	102 nm	ENE
Medina	Sat 3:20 AM	442 km	274 miles	238 nm	NNE
Keren	Sat 3:20 AM	547 km	340 miles	295 nm	S
Asmara	Sat 3:20 AM	601 km	373 miles	324 nm	S
Kassala	Sat 3:20 AM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	SSW
Teseney	Sat 3:20 AM	640 km	398 miles	346 nm	SSW
Mek'ele	Sat 3:20 AM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	S
Khartoum	Sat 3:20 AM	821 km	510 miles	443 nm	SW