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 Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 23:48:00 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 Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 23:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 12'	South
Longitude:	178° 50'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 455.11 meters/second, 1638.4 km/hour, 1018.0 miles/hour or 884.7 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° 15' 00.1"	16.97 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	16.97 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 05.4"	1018.00 mi	west	0° 00' 52.8"	1.01 mi	south	1017.98 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 06.4"	2.38 mi	west	0° 21' 03.0"	24.12 mi	south	24.23 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 23:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 48'	North
Longitude:	127° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 446.44 meters/second, 1607.2 km/hour, 998.6 miles/hour or 867.8 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' 29.1"	16.64 mi	west	0° 00' 13.5"	0.26 mi	south	16.65 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 09.2"	998.57 mi	west	0° 13' 32.4"	15.51 mi	south	998.85 mi
24 hours	12° 27' 55.9"	859.30 mi	east	5° 34' 09.1"	382.68 mi	south	942.62 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
Funafuti	Sun 11:48 AM	299 km	186 miles	162 nm	N
Mata-Utu	Sun 11:48 AM	591 km	367 miles	319 nm	ESE
Lautoka *	Sun 12:48 PM	724 km	450 miles	391 nm	SSW
Nadi *	Sun 12:48 PM	747 km	464 miles	403 nm	SSW
Suva *	Sun 12:48 PM	769 km	478 miles	415 nm	S
Apia *	Sat 1:48 PM	1062 km	660 miles	573 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Sat 12:48 PM	1106 km	688 miles	597 nm	E
Nukualofa	Sun 12:48 PM	1271 km	790 miles	686 nm	SSE
Port Vila	Sun 10:48 AM	1344 km	835 miles	726 nm	SW
Baker Island	Sat 11:48 AM	1362 km	847 miles	736 nm	NNE