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 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 Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 09:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 53'	South
Longitude:	38° 52'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.39 meters/second, 1538.6 km/hour, 956.0 miles/hour or 830.8 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"	15.94 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.94 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.1"	955.69 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	955.67 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 47.7"	7.22 mi	east	0° 05' 15.9"	6.04 mi	south	9.41 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 09:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 32'	North
Longitude:	143° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.88 meters/second, 1490.0 km/hour, 925.8 miles/hour or 804.5 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' 28.9"	15.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.4"	0.01 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 01.6"	925.51 mi	west	0° 00' 26.3"	0.51 mi	north	925.48 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 04.4"	796.77 mi	east	0° 21' 30.8"	24.67 mi	south	798.18 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	Sat 11:16 AM	538 km	334 miles	291 nm	NW
Maputo	Sat 11:16 AM	723 km	449 miles	390 nm	WSW
Big Bend	Sat 11:16 AM	823 km	512 miles	445 nm	WSW
Manzini	Sat 11:16 AM	857 km	532 miles	462 nm	WSW
Nampula	Sat 11:16 AM	862 km	535 miles	465 nm	N
Mbabane	Sat 11:16 AM	870 km	541 miles	470 nm	WSW
Antsirabe	Sat 12:16 PM	910 km	566 miles	491 nm	ENE
Harare	Sat 11:16 AM	990 km	615 miles	535 nm	WNW
Antananarivo	Sat 12:16 PM	1001 km	622 miles	541 nm	ENE
Durban	Sat 11:16 AM	1099 km	683 miles	593 nm	SW