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 Monday, December 12, 2011 at 06:18:00 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 Monday, December 12, 2011 at 06:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 03'	South
Longitude:	83° 35'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 426.88 meters/second, 1536.8 km/hour, 954.9 miles/hour or 829.8 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' 59.7"	15.92 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.00 mi	south	15.92 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 42.6"	954.56 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	954.55 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 58.5"	7.40 mi	east	0° 04' 24.6"	5.06 mi	south	8.97 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, December 12, 2011 at 06:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 57'	North
Longitude:	75° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 418.38 meters/second, 1506.2 km/hour, 935.9 miles/hour or 813.3 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' 28.8"	15.60 mi	west	0° 00' 04.6"	0.09 mi	south	15.60 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 50.3"	935.62 mi	west	0° 04' 47.3"	5.49 mi	south	935.88 mi
24 hours	12° 22' 33.9"	799.71 mi	east	2° 25' 02.1"	166.29 mi	south	822.87 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
Diego Garcia	Mon 12:18 PM	2110 km	1311 miles	1139 nm	NW
Port Louis	Mon 10:18 AM	2716 km	1688 miles	1467 nm	W
Saint-Denis	Mon 10:18 AM	2911 km	1809 miles	1572 nm	W
Jakarta	Mon 1:18 PM	3115 km	1936 miles	1682 nm	ENE
Port-aux-Francais	Mon 11:18 AM	3145 km	1954 miles	1698 nm	SSW
Male	Mon 11:18 AM	3205 km	1991 miles	1730 nm	NNW
Perth	Mon 2:18 PM	3324 km	2065 miles	1795 nm	ESE
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Mon 11:48 AM	3335 km	2073 miles	1801 nm	N
Singapore	Mon 2:18 PM	3475 km	2159 miles	1876 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Mon 2:18 PM	3501 km	2176 miles	1891 nm	NE