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 09:16:00 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 09:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 48'	South
Longitude:	38° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.69 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' 59.7"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.4"	956.36 mi	west	0° 00' 14.8"	0.28 mi	south	956.35 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 41.3"	7.11 mi	east	0° 05' 43.0"	6.56 mi	south	9.67 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 9, 2011 at 09:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 48'	North
Longitude:	156° 04'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.43 meters/second, 1499.2 km/hour, 931.5 miles/hour or 809.5 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' 29.8"	15.53 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.53 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 49.9"	931.22 mi	west	0° 03' 05.5"	3.55 mi	north	931.06 mi
24 hours	12° 14' 07.6"	786.02 mi	east	0° 44' 11.5"	50.68 mi	north	785.62 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
Beira	Fri 11:16 AM	523 km	325 miles	282 nm	NW
Maputo	Fri 11:16 AM	718 km	446 miles	388 nm	WSW
Big Bend	Fri 11:16 AM	820 km	509 miles	443 nm	SW
Nampula	Fri 11:16 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	N
Manzini	Fri 11:16 AM	852 km	529 miles	460 nm	WSW
Mbabane	Fri 11:16 AM	865 km	538 miles	467 nm	WSW
Antsirabe	Fri 12:16 PM	917 km	570 miles	495 nm	ENE
Harare	Fri 11:16 AM	975 km	606 miles	526 nm	WNW
Antananarivo	Fri 12:16 PM	1007 km	626 miles	544 nm	ENE
Durban	Fri 11:16 AM	1099 km	683 miles	593 nm	SW