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 10, 2011 at 02:18:00 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 Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 02:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 52'	South
Longitude:	143° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.47 meters/second, 1538.9 km/hour, 956.2 miles/hour or 830.9 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"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.1"	955.88 mi	west	0° 00' 14.0"	0.27 mi	south	955.86 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 46.0"	7.19 mi	east	0° 05' 23.7"	6.19 mi	south	9.49 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 02:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 26'	North
Longitude:	42° 55'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.28 meters/second, 1491.4 km/hour, 926.7 miles/hour or 805.3 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' 29.1"	15.45 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.45 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 12.9"	926.40 mi	west	0° 01' 14.0"	1.41 mi	north	926.33 mi
24 hours	12° 25' 14.7"	794.36 mi	east	0° 02' 05.5"	2.40 mi	south	794.46 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
Cairns	Sat 12:18 PM	706 km	438 miles	381 nm	NNE
Alice Springs	Sat 11:48 AM	973 km	605 miles	525 nm	W
Brisbane	Sat 12:18 PM	1101 km	684 miles	595 nm	ESE
Adelaide *	Sat 12:48 PM	1415 km	879 miles	764 nm	SSW
Sydney *	Sat 1:18 PM	1441 km	896 miles	778 nm	SSE
Canberra *	Sat 1:18 PM	1487 km	924 miles	803 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Sat 12:18 PM	1540 km	957 miles	832 nm	NNE
Melbourne *	Sat 1:18 PM	1665 km	1034 miles	899 nm	S
Eucla	Sat 11:03 AM	1729 km	1075 miles	934 nm	SW
Darwin	Sat 11:48 AM	1754 km	1090 miles	947 nm	NW