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 Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 02:16:00 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 Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 02:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 57'	South
Longitude:	143° 57'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.19 meters/second, 1537.9 km/hour, 955.6 miles/hour or 830.4 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"	15.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.93 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.0"	955.24 mi	west	0° 00' 12.8"	0.25 mi	south	955.23 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 51.9"	7.29 mi	east	0° 04' 56.7"	5.67 mi	south	9.24 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 02:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 24'	North
Longitude:	30° 01'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.15 meters/second, 1490.9 km/hour, 926.4 miles/hour or 805.0 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' 28.8"	15.44 mi	west	0° 00' 01.5"	0.03 mi	south	15.44 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 44.7"	926.13 mi	west	0° 01' 32.2"	1.76 mi	south	926.22 mi
24 hours	12° 30' 35.4"	800.25 mi	east	1° 09' 11.7"	79.35 mi	south	807.41 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	Sun 12:16 PM	695 km	432 miles	375 nm	NNE
Alice Springs	Sun 11:46 AM	1034 km	643 miles	558 nm	W
Brisbane	Sun 12:16 PM	1042 km	647 miles	563 nm	ESE
Sydney *	Sun 1:16 PM	1402 km	871 miles	757 nm	SSE
Adelaide *	Sun 12:46 PM	1426 km	886 miles	770 nm	SSW
Canberra *	Sun 1:16 PM	1456 km	905 miles	786 nm	SSE
Port Moresby	Sun 12:16 PM	1534 km	953 miles	828 nm	NNE
Melbourne *	Sun 1:16 PM	1650 km	1025 miles	891 nm	S
Eucla	Sun 11:01 AM	1774 km	1102 miles	958 nm	SW
Darwin	Sun 11:46 AM	1809 km	1124 miles	977 nm	NW