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 Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:06:00 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 Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 13'	South
Longitude:	125° 48'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.16 meters/second, 1595.4 km/hour, 991.3 miles/hour or 861.4 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"	16.52 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.52 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.3"	991.13 mi	west	0° 00' 41.9"	0.80 mi	south	991.10 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 34.6"	1.74 mi	east	0° 16' 37.2"	19.05 mi	south	19.13 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 26'	North
Longitude:	53° 26'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 423.71 meters/second, 1525.3 km/hour, 947.8 miles/hour or 823.6 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' 31.3"	15.80 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.80 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 24.0"	947.54 mi	west	0° 06' 01.2"	6.90 mi	north	947.27 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 08.0"	760.30 mi	east	1° 59' 15.1"	136.73 mi	north	767.77 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	Thu 12:06 PM	978 km	607 miles	528 nm	SSW
Easter Island *	Thu 3:06 PM	2016 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	SE
Papeete	Thu 10:06 AM	2525 km	1569 miles	1363 nm	W
Rarotonga	Thu 10:06 AM	3594 km	2233 miles	1941 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Fri 10:06 AM	4054 km	2519 miles	2189 nm	WNW
Galapagos Islands	Thu 2:06 PM	4355 km	2706 miles	2351 nm	ENE
Alofi	Thu 9:06 AM	4661 km	2897 miles	2517 nm	W
Apia *	Thu 10:06 AM	4936 km	3067 miles	2665 nm	W
Mexico City	Thu 2:06 PM	4993 km	3102 miles	2696 nm	NE
Nukualofa	Fri 9:06 AM	5195 km	3228 miles	2805 nm	WSW