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, January 22, 2013 at 16:40:00 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: 82%
Position of the Moon
On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 16:40:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
| Latitude: | 20° 41' | North |
| Longitude: | 59° 23' | East |
The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.06 meters/second, 1512.2 km/hour, 939.6 miles/hour or 816.5 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' 30.8" | 15.66 mi | west | 0° 00' 01.1" | 0.02 mi | north | 15.66 mi |
| 1 hour | 14° 30' 52.8" | 939.38 mi | west | 0° 01' 09.4" | 1.33 mi | north | 939.33 mi |
| 24 hours | 11° 41' 31.8" | 756.80 mi | east | 0° 01' 12.7" | 1.39 mi | north | 756.75 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 |
|---|
| Nizwa | Tue 8:40 PM | 313 km | 195 miles | 169 nm |  NW |
| Muscat | Tue 8:40 PM | 334 km | 208 miles | 180 nm |  NNW |
| Seeb | Tue 8:40 PM | 354 km | 220 miles | 191 nm | NNW |
| Dubai | Tue 8:40 PM | 657 km | 408 miles | 355 nm | NW |
| Sharjah | Tue 8:40 PM | 659 km | 409 miles | 356 nm | NW |
| Abu Dhabi | Tue 8:40 PM | 661 km | 411 miles | 357 nm | NW |
| Salalah | Tue 8:40 PM | 690 km | 429 miles | 372 nm |  SW |
| Bandar-Abbas | Tue 8:10 PM | 785 km | 488 miles | 424 nm | NNW |
| Karachi | Tue 9:40 PM | 911 km | 566 miles | 492 nm |  ENE |
| Doha | Tue 7:40 PM | 952 km | 591 miles | 514 nm | NW |
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