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, November 5, 2012 at 01:34:00 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: 69%

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 Monday, November 5, 2012 at 01:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 33'	North
Longitude:	43° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.37 meters/second, 1542.1 km/hour, 958.2 miles/hour or 832.7 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' 31.5"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	south	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 28.0"	958.05 mi	west	0° 06' 06.0"	6.99 mi	south	958.34 mi
24 hours	11° 21' 04.7"	748.82 mi	east	2° 48' 50.0"	193.50 mi	south	778.72 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
Sana	Mon 4:34 AM	257 km	160 miles	139 nm	SSE
Asmara	Mon 4:34 AM	532 km	330 miles	287 nm	WSW
Aden	Mon 4:34 AM	550 km	342 miles	297 nm	SSE
Keren	Mon 4:34 AM	559 km	347 miles	302 nm	WSW
Makkah	Mon 4:34 AM	569 km	353 miles	307 nm	NW
Mek'ele	Mon 4:34 AM	612 km	380 miles	331 nm	SW
Jeddah	Mon 4:34 AM	621 km	386 miles	335 nm	NW
Tadjoura	Mon 4:34 AM	639 km	397 miles	345 nm	S
Djibouti	Mon 4:34 AM	660 km	410 miles	356 nm	S
Port Sudan	Mon 4:34 AM	688 km	427 miles	371 nm	WNW