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 10:18:00 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 10:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 48'	South
Longitude:	23° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.67 meters/second, 1539.6 km/hour, 956.7 miles/hour or 831.3 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' 59.7"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.4"	956.33 mi	west	0° 00' 14.8"	0.28 mi	south	956.32 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 41.7"	7.12 mi	east	0° 05' 41.8"	6.53 mi	south	9.66 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 9, 2011 at 10:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 51'	North
Longitude:	171° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.26 meters/second, 1498.5 km/hour, 931.1 miles/hour or 809.1 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' 29.7"	15.52 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.52 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 47.5"	930.83 mi	west	0° 02' 59.0"	3.42 mi	north	930.68 mi
24 hours	12° 14' 57.5"	786.62 mi	east	0° 41' 27.1"	47.54 mi	north	786.14 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
Molepolole	Fri 12:18 PM	290 km	180 miles	157 nm	SE
Gaborone	Fri 12:18 PM	339 km	211 miles	183 nm	SE
Francistown	Fri 12:18 PM	474 km	295 miles	256 nm	ENE
Rustenburg	Fri 12:18 PM	514 km	319 miles	277 nm	SE
Pretoria	Fri 12:18 PM	597 km	371 miles	322 nm	SE
Johannesburg	Fri 12:18 PM	614 km	382 miles	332 nm	SE
Bulawayo	Fri 12:18 PM	624 km	388 miles	337 nm	ENE
Windhoek *	Fri 12:18 PM	634 km	394 miles	342 nm	W
Rundu *	Fri 12:18 PM	652 km	405 miles	352 nm	NW
Teyateyaneng	Fri 12:18 PM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	SSE