Day and Night World Map

The map below shows the current position of the Sun and the Moon. It shows which parts of the Earth are in daylight and which are in night.

See where the moon is over the horizon

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Monday, December 3, 2012 at 02:04:00 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.
• Different shades of darkness are used to indicate night; these shades are in order from lightest to darkest:
  • Civil Twilight (lightest shade)
  • Nautical Twilight
  • Astronomical Twilight
  • Night, no twilight (darkest)
• Latitude circles
  • NPC – Northern Polar Circle, or Arctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' N. At locations north of the Arctic Circle, the Sun is visible all day and night during a period before and after the June solstice.
  • NT – Northern Tropic, or Tropic of Cancer, is at latitude 23°26' N and is the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during June solstice, around June 21).
  • ST – Southern Tropic, or Tropic of Capricorn, is at latitude 23°26' S and is the southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during December solstice, around December 21).
  • SPC – Southern Polar Circle, or Antarctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' S. South of this latitude, the Sun is visible all day and night during summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Map is generated based on images from NASA

Position of the Sun

On Monday, December 3, 2012 at 02:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 08'	South
Longitude:	146° 11'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.74 meters/second, 1547.1 km/hour, 961.3 miles/hour or 835.3 knots.The table below shows the Sun 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' 59.7"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.1"	960.97 mi	west	0° 00' 20.8"	0.40 mi	south	960.95 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 59.5"	6.40 mi	east	0° 08' 09.2"	9.35 mi	south	11.33 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 3, 2012 at 02:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 30'	North
Longitude:	17° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 433.16 meters/second, 1559.4 km/hour, 969.0 miles/hour or 842.0 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' 31.8"	16.15 mi	west	0° 00' 07.5"	0.14 mi	south	16.15 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 57.4"	968.81 mi	west	0° 07' 29.6"	8.59 mi	south	969.14 mi
24 hours	11° 08' 08.6"	742.42 mi	east	3° 19' 04.6"	228.12 mi	south	781.94 mi

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Cairns	Mon 12:04 PM	578 km	359 miles	312 nm	N
Brisbane	Mon 12:04 PM	910 km	566 miles	491 nm	SE
Alice Springs	Mon 11:34 AM	1274 km	792 miles	688 nm	W
Sydney *	Mon 1:04 PM	1390 km	864 miles	751 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Mon 12:04 PM	1407 km	875 miles	760 nm	N
Canberra *	Mon 1:04 PM	1485 km	923 miles	802 nm	S
Adelaide *	Mon 12:34 PM	1599 km	994 miles	864 nm	SSW
Melbourne *	Mon 1:04 PM	1742 km	1083 miles	941 nm	S
Darwin	Mon 11:34 AM	1948 km	1210 miles	1052 nm	WNW
Eucla	Mon 10:49 AM	2013 km	1251 miles	1087 nm	SW