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, October 30, 2012 at 20:14:00 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: 99%

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, October 30, 2012 at 20:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 05'	North
Longitude:	62° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.19 meters/second, 1537.9 km/hour, 955.6 miles/hour or 830.4 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 38.2"	955.39 mi	west	0° 05' 30.3"	6.31 mi	north	955.16 mi
24 hours	11° 26' 36.8"	752.66 mi	east	1° 48' 13.0"	124.06 mi	north	758.88 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
Muscat	Wed 12:14 AM	765 km	476 miles	413 nm	NW
Nizwa	Wed 12:14 AM	781 km	485 miles	422 nm	NW
Seeb	Wed 12:14 AM	795 km	494 miles	429 nm	NW
Karachi	Wed 1:14 AM	860 km	534 miles	464 nm	NNE
Salalah	Wed 12:14 AM	949 km	590 miles	513 nm	W
Hyderabad	Wed 1:14 AM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	NNE
Mumbai	Wed 1:44 AM	1046 km	650 miles	565 nm	E
Surat	Wed 1:44 AM	1096 km	681 miles	592 nm	ENE
Dubai	Wed 12:14 AM	1124 km	698 miles	607 nm	NW
Abu Dhabi	Wed 12:14 AM	1136 km	706 miles	613 nm	NW