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 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 20:16:00 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 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 20:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 56'	South
Longitude:	128° 19'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.82 meters/second, 1597.8 km/hour, 992.8 miles/hour or 862.7 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° 14' 59.9"	16.55 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.55 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.7"	992.63 mi	west	0° 00' 42.5"	0.81 mi	south	992.60 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 22.0"	1.51 mi	east	0° 16' 54.8"	19.39 mi	south	19.44 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 20:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 38'	North
Longitude:	39° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 431.02 meters/second, 1551.7 km/hour, 964.2 miles/hour or 837.8 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' 32.5"	16.07 mi	west	0° 00' 07.9"	0.15 mi	north	16.07 mi
1 hour	14° 32' 33.6"	963.95 mi	west	0° 07' 53.4"	9.05 mi	north	963.66 mi
24 hours	11° 11' 57.9"	742.42 mi	east	2° 48' 31.5"	193.19 mi	north	761.59 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
Adamstown	Wed 12:16 PM	919 km	571 miles	496 nm	SSW
Gambier Islands	Wed 11:16 AM	976 km	606 miles	527 nm	SW
Easter Island *	Wed 3:16 PM	2255 km	1401 miles	1218 nm	ESE
Papeete	Wed 10:16 AM	2260 km	1404 miles	1220 nm	W
Rarotonga	Wed 10:16 AM	3339 km	2075 miles	1803 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Thu 10:16 AM	3805 km	2364 miles	2054 nm	WNW
Alofi	Wed 9:16 AM	4402 km	2735 miles	2377 nm	W
Apia *	Wed 10:16 AM	4668 km	2901 miles	2521 nm	W
Nukualofa	Thu 9:16 AM	4940 km	3070 miles	2667 nm	WSW
Mexico City	Wed 2:16 PM	5135 km	3191 miles	2773 nm	NE