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, October 29, 2012 at 19:50:00 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: 100%

Previous phase	First Quarter	Monday, October 22, 2012 at 3:32 AM
This 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, October 29, 2012 at 19:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 26'	North
Longitude:	57° 33'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.45 meters/second, 1560.4 km/hour, 969.6 miles/hour or 842.6 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' 32.1"	16.16 mi	west	0° 00' 07.4"	0.14 mi	north	16.16 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 13.8"	969.43 mi	west	0° 07' 24.1"	8.48 mi	north	969.18 mi
24 hours	11° 13' 13.6"	748.31 mi	east	2° 36' 46.8"	179.70 mi	north	764.75 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	Mon 11:50 PM	410 km	255 miles	221 nm	WNW
Nizwa	Mon 11:50 PM	831 km	516 miles	449 nm	N
Muscat	Mon 11:50 PM	911 km	566 miles	492 nm	N
Seeb	Mon 11:50 PM	916 km	569 miles	495 nm	N
Bosaso	Mon 10:50 PM	1016 km	631 miles	549 nm	WSW
Abu Dhabi	Mon 11:50 PM	1053 km	654 miles	568 nm	NNW
Dubai	Mon 11:50 PM	1115 km	693 miles	602 nm	NNW
Doha	Mon 10:50 PM	1259 km	782 miles	680 nm	NNW
Aden	Mon 10:50 PM	1386 km	861 miles	748 nm	W
Manama	Mon 10:50 PM	1395 km	867 miles	753 nm	NNW