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 01:30:00 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: 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 01:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 41'	North
Longitude:	21° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.07 meters/second, 1512.3 km/hour, 939.7 miles/hour or 816.6 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' 01.7"	0.03 mi	south	15.66 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.6"	939.43 mi	west	0° 01' 43.1"	1.97 mi	south	939.52 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 29.6"	751.41 mi	east	1° 07' 29.5"	77.39 mi	south	758.09 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	Sat 3:30 AM	443 km	275 miles	239 nm	NNE
Ndjamena	Sat 2:30 AM	1155 km	718 miles	624 nm	SW
Khartoum	Sat 4:30 AM	1321 km	821 miles	713 nm	ESE
Al Jizah	Sat 3:30 AM	1439 km	894 miles	777 nm	NE
Cairo	Sat 3:30 AM	1444 km	897 miles	780 nm	NE
Alexandria	Sat 3:30 AM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	NE
Tripoli	Sat 3:30 AM	1571 km	976 miles	848 nm	NNW
Kano	Sat 2:30 AM	1663 km	1033 miles	898 nm	WSW
Valletta	Sat 2:30 AM	1809 km	1124 miles	977 nm	NNW
Bangui	Sat 2:30 AM	1828 km	1136 miles	987 nm	S