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 1, 2008 at 07:58:00 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 1, 2008 at 07:58:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 53'	South
Longitude:	57° 31'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 430.52 meters/second, 1549.9 km/hour, 963.0 miles/hour or 836.9 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' 59.8"	16.05 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.05 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.7"	962.72 mi	west	0° 00' 22.7"	0.44 mi	south	962.70 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 45.4"	6.16 mi	east	0° 08' 55.3"	10.23 mi	south	11.94 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 1, 2008 at 07:58:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	24° 02'	South
Longitude:	100° 18'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 410.14 meters/second, 1476.5 km/hour, 917.4 miles/hour or 797.2 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' 30.9"	15.29 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.13 mi	north	15.29 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.5"	917.10 mi	west	0° 06' 35.5"	7.56 mi	north	917.52 mi
24 hours	11° 25' 23.0"	721.89 mi	east	3° 06' 59.6"	214.46 mi	north	761.05 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
Port Louis *	Mon 12:58 PM	189 km	118 miles	102 nm	N
Saint-Pierre	Mon 11:58 AM	219 km	136 miles	118 nm	WNW
Saint-Denis	Mon 11:58 AM	240 km	149 miles	130 nm	WNW
Toamasina	Mon 10:58 AM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	WNW
Antananarivo	Mon 10:58 AM	1093 km	679 miles	590 nm	WNW
Moroni	Mon 10:58 AM	1886 km	1172 miles	1018 nm	NW
Victoria	Mon 11:58 AM	1922 km	1194 miles	1038 nm	N
Diego Garcia	Mon 1:58 PM	2270 km	1410 miles	1226 nm	NE
Dar es Salaam	Mon 10:58 AM	2571 km	1598 miles	1388 nm	NW
Maputo	Mon 9:58 AM	2574 km	1599 miles	1390 nm	WSW