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, December 3, 2011 at 17:42:00 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, December 3, 2011 at 17:42:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 07'	South
Longitude:	88° 20'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.78 meters/second, 1547.2 km/hour, 961.4 miles/hour or 835.4 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' 59.7"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	south	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 45.1"	961.07 mi	west	0° 00' 21.0"	0.40 mi	south	961.05 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 59.0"	6.39 mi	east	0° 08' 12.1"	9.41 mi	south	11.37 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 17:42:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	3° 09'	North
Longitude:	16° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.21 meters/second, 1620.7 km/hour, 1007.1 miles/hour or 875.1 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' 34.7"	16.78 mi	west	0° 00' 11.3"	0.22 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 47.9"	1007.06 mi	west	0° 11' 20.8"	12.99 mi	north	1007.05 mi
24 hours	10° 05' 44.8"	697.34 mi	east	4° 26' 00.7"	304.67 mi	north	759.00 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
Lima	Sat 12:42 PM	1637 km	1017 miles	884 nm	NE
Santiago *	Sat 2:42 PM	2140 km	1330 miles	1156 nm	SE
Easter Island *	Sat 12:42 PM	2193 km	1363 miles	1184 nm	WSW
La Paz	Sat 1:42 PM	2210 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	ENE
Galapagos Islands	Sat 11:42 AM	2351 km	1461 miles	1270 nm	N
Guayaquil	Sat 12:42 PM	2384 km	1481 miles	1287 nm	NNE
Sucre	Sat 1:42 PM	2427 km	1508 miles	1311 nm	E
Córdoba	Sat 2:42 PM	2607 km	1620 miles	1408 nm	ESE
Quito	Sat 12:42 PM	2646 km	1644 miles	1429 nm	NNE
Asuncion *	Sat 2:42 PM	3143 km	1953 miles	1697 nm	ESE