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 08:26:00 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 08:26:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 48'	South
Longitude:	51° 15'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.70 meters/second, 1539.7 km/hour, 956.7 miles/hour or 831.4 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' 59.6"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.3"	956.39 mi	west	0° 00' 14.9"	0.28 mi	south	956.37 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 41.2"	7.11 mi	east	0° 05' 43.9"	6.57 mi	south	9.68 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 9, 2011 at 08:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 45'	North
Longitude:	143° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.58 meters/second, 1499.7 km/hour, 931.9 miles/hour or 809.8 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' 29.9"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 52.2"	931.55 mi	west	0° 03' 10.8"	3.65 mi	north	931.39 mi
24 hours	12° 13' 26.4"	785.53 mi	east	0° 46' 23.7"	53.21 mi	north	785.20 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
Saint-Denis	Fri 12:26 PM	483 km	300 miles	261 nm	ENE
Antsirabe	Fri 11:26 AM	545 km	338 miles	294 nm	NW
Toamasina	Fri 11:26 AM	549 km	341 miles	296 nm	NNW
Antananarivo	Fri 11:26 AM	579 km	360 miles	313 nm	NW
Port Louis	Fri 12:26 PM	709 km	441 miles	383 nm	ENE
Moroni	Fri 11:26 AM	1492 km	927 miles	806 nm	NW
Maputo	Fri 10:26 AM	1925 km	1196 miles	1039 nm	WSW
Victoria	Fri 12:26 PM	2061 km	1280 miles	1113 nm	NNE
Mbabane	Fri 10:26 AM	2073 km	1288 miles	1119 nm	WSW
Lilongwe	Fri 10:26 AM	2086 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	WNW