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 11:48:00 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 11:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 59'	South
Longitude:	0° 60'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.08 meters/second, 1537.5 km/hour, 955.4 miles/hour or 830.2 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"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.9"	955.00 mi	west	0° 00' 12.4"	0.24 mi	south	954.99 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 54.2"	7.33 mi	east	0° 04' 45.7"	5.46 mi	south	9.14 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 11:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 04'	North
Longitude:	168° 03'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.08 meters/second, 1494.3 km/hour, 928.5 miles/hour or 806.9 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' 28.6"	15.48 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.48 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 42.1"	928.22 mi	west	0° 02' 39.3"	3.05 mi	south	928.37 mi
24 hours	12° 29' 23.5"	800.82 mi	east	1° 35' 37.9"	109.67 mi	south	812.64 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	Sun 11:48 AM	1052 km	654 miles	568 nm	NW
Windhoek *	Sun 1:48 PM	1654 km	1028 miles	893 nm	E
Luanda	Sun 12:48 PM	2039 km	1267 miles	1101 nm	NE
Cape Town	Sun 1:48 PM	2088 km	1298 miles	1128 nm	SE
Gaborone	Sun 1:48 PM	2542 km	1579 miles	1372 nm	E
Kinshasa	Sun 12:48 PM	2576 km	1601 miles	1391 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sun 12:48 PM	2580 km	1603 miles	1393 nm	NE
São Tomé	Sun 11:48 AM	2654 km	1649 miles	1433 nm	NNE
Maseru	Sun 1:48 PM	2733 km	1698 miles	1476 nm	ESE
Libreville	Sun 12:48 PM	2744 km	1705 miles	1482 nm	NNE