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 Tuesday, November 6, 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: 60%

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 Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 01:34:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 44'	North
Longitude:	54° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 434.62 meters/second, 1564.6 km/hour, 972.2 miles/hour or 844.8 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' 31.7"	16.20 mi	west	0° 00' 08.0"	0.15 mi	south	16.20 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 46.2"	972.08 mi	west	0° 08' 00.4"	9.18 mi	south	972.42 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 43.2"	753.53 mi	east	3° 31' 42.1"	242.57 mi	south	796.93 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
Salalah	Tue 5:34 AM	261 km	162 miles	141 nm	NNW
Bosaso	Tue 4:34 AM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	WSW
Nizwa	Tue 5:34 AM	955 km	594 miles	516 nm	NNE
Muscat	Tue 5:34 AM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	NNE
Aden	Tue 4:34 AM	1071 km	665 miles	578 nm	W
Abu Dhabi	Tue 5:34 AM	1076 km	669 miles	581 nm	N
Sana	Tue 4:34 AM	1129 km	701 miles	609 nm	W
Dubai	Tue 5:34 AM	1168 km	726 miles	631 nm	N
Doha	Tue 4:34 AM	1214 km	755 miles	656 nm	NNW
Djibouti	Tue 4:34 AM	1301 km	808 miles	702 nm	WSW