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, November 14, 2011 at 00:48:00 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 Monday, November 14, 2011 at 00:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 05'	South
Longitude:	163° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.03 meters/second, 1587.7 km/hour, 986.5 miles/hour or 857.3 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' 59.9"	16.44 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.44 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.5"	986.34 mi	west	0° 00' 39.4"	0.75 mi	south	986.31 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 15.7"	2.48 mi	east	0° 15' 38.2"	17.93 mi	south	18.10 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, November 14, 2011 at 00:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 16'	North
Longitude:	21° 19'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.72 meters/second, 1493.0 km/hour, 927.7 miles/hour or 806.1 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' 29.0"	15.46 mi	west	0° 00' 02.0"	0.04 mi	south	15.46 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 07.6"	927.40 mi	west	0° 02' 02.9"	2.35 mi	south	927.52 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 16.5"	789.99 mi	east	1° 20' 35.4"	92.42 mi	south	799.06 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 Vila	Mon 11:48 AM	480 km	298 miles	259 nm	E
Noumea	Mon 11:48 AM	540 km	335 miles	291 nm	SSE
Honiara	Mon 11:48 AM	1043 km	648 miles	563 nm	NNW
Brisbane	Mon 10:48 AM	1517 km	943 miles	819 nm	SW
Suva *	Mon 1:48 PM	1548 km	962 miles	836 nm	E
Cairns	Mon 10:48 AM	1918 km	1192 miles	1035 nm	W
Yaren	Mon 12:48 PM	1971 km	1225 miles	1064 nm	N
Funafuti	Mon 12:48 PM	1975 km	1227 miles	1067 nm	ENE
Port Moresby	Mon 10:48 AM	2032 km	1263 miles	1097 nm	WNW
Sydney *	Mon 11:48 AM	2152 km	1337 miles	1162 nm	SSW