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

Total Eclipse in progress – white lines on map

• The map shows the Dec 10, 2011 Total Lunar Eclipse in progress.
• The white lines on the map shows areas where a partial eclipse is visible.
• At the moment, the Total phase of the eclipse is not visible to anyone on earth.

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 11:38:00 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 11:38:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 54'	South
Longitude:	3° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.36 meters/second, 1538.5 km/hour, 956.0 miles/hour or 830.7 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.0"	955.62 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	955.61 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 48.3"	7.23 mi	east	0° 05' 13.3"	5.99 mi	south	9.39 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 11:38:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 33'	North
Longitude:	178° 07'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.81 meters/second, 1489.7 km/hour, 925.7 miles/hour or 804.4 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' 00.2"	0.00 mi	north	15.43 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 58.3"	925.35 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	925.34 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 47.7"	797.46 mi	east	0° 28' 08.7"	32.28 mi	south	799.46 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
Jamestown	Sat 11:38 AM	1228 km	763 miles	663 nm	NW
Windhoek *	Sat 1:38 PM	1409 km	876 miles	761 nm	E
Luanda	Sat 12:38 PM	1878 km	1167 miles	1014 nm	NE
Cape Town	Sat 1:38 PM	1910 km	1187 miles	1032 nm	SE
Gaborone	Sat 1:38 PM	2302 km	1430 miles	1243 nm	E
Kinshasa	Sat 12:38 PM	2424 km	1506 miles	1309 nm	NNE
Brazzaville	Sat 12:38 PM	2428 km	1508 miles	1311 nm	NNE
Maseru	Sat 1:38 PM	2508 km	1559 miles	1354 nm	ESE
Johannesburg	Sat 1:38 PM	2522 km	1567 miles	1362 nm	ESE
Pretoria	Sat 1:38 PM	2534 km	1574 miles	1368 nm	ESE