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 Friday, December 9, 2011 at 00:28:00 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 Friday, December 9, 2011 at 00:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 46'	South
Longitude:	170° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.80 meters/second, 1540.1 km/hour, 957.0 miles/hour or 831.6 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"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.00 mi	south	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.5"	956.62 mi	west	0° 00' 15.1"	0.29 mi	south	956.61 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 39.0"	7.07 mi	east	0° 05' 52.9"	6.75 mi	south	9.77 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 9, 2011 at 00:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 16'	North
Longitude:	28° 28'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.13 meters/second, 1505.3 km/hour, 935.3 miles/hour or 812.8 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' 30.2"	15.59 mi	west	0° 00' 04.0"	0.08 mi	north	15.59 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 13.5"	935.03 mi	west	0° 03' 59.7"	4.58 mi	north	934.83 mi
24 hours	12° 06' 17.3"	780.46 mi	east	1° 07' 04.5"	76.92 mi	north	781.25 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
Noumea	Fri 11:28 AM	442 km	275 miles	239 nm	W
Port Vila	Fri 11:28 AM	610 km	379 miles	329 nm	NNW
Kingston	Fri 11:58 AM	749 km	466 miles	405 nm	SSW
Nadi *	Fri 1:28 PM	889 km	552 miles	480 nm	NE
Lautoka *	Fri 1:28 PM	906 km	563 miles	489 nm	NE
Suva *	Fri 1:28 PM	953 km	592 miles	515 nm	ENE
Nukualofa	Fri 1:28 PM	1465 km	910 miles	791 nm	E
Auckland *	Fri 1:28 PM	1610 km	1000 miles	869 nm	SSE
Funafuti	Fri 12:28 PM	1819 km	1130 miles	982 nm	NNE
Brisbane	Fri 10:28 AM	1857 km	1154 miles	1003 nm	WSW