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 Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 15:52:00 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: 68%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 5:27 PM
Next phase	Full Moon	Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 9:28 AM

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 15:52:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 59'	North
Longitude:	55° 47'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.66 meters/second, 1546.8 km/hour, 961.1 miles/hour or 835.2 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"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 05.9"	0.11 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 28.6"	960.96 mi	west	0° 05' 59.1"	6.86 mi	south	961.24 mi
24 hours	11° 21' 51.1"	751.93 mi	east	2° 45' 28.6"	189.64 mi	south	780.52 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	Thu 7:52 PM	181 km	112 miles	98 nm	W
Nizwa	Thu 7:52 PM	683 km	424 miles	369 nm	NNE
Seeb	Thu 7:52 PM	782 km	486 miles	422 nm	NNE
Muscat	Thu 7:52 PM	787 km	489 miles	425 nm	NNE
Abu Dhabi	Thu 7:52 PM	839 km	521 miles	453 nm	N
Dubai	Thu 7:52 PM	918 km	570 miles	496 nm	N
Bosaso	Thu 6:52 PM	952 km	592 miles	514 nm	SW
Doha	Thu 6:52 PM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	NNW
Manama	Thu 6:52 PM	1152 km	716 miles	622 nm	NNW
Aden	Thu 6:52 PM	1248 km	776 miles	674 nm	WSW