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 Friday, December 23, 2011 at 05:10:00 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 Friday, December 23, 2011 at 05:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	23° 26'	South
Longitude:	101° 55'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 425.65 meters/second, 1532.4 km/hour, 952.2 miles/hour or 827.4 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"	15.87 mi	west	0° 00' 00.0"	0.00 mi	north	15.87 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 41.2"	951.80 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	951.80 mi
24 hours	0° 07' 29.1"	7.92 mi	east	0° 00' 42.0"	0.80 mi	north	7.97 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 23, 2011 at 05:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 22'	South
Longitude:	79° 32'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 411.56 meters/second, 1481.6 km/hour, 920.6 miles/hour or 800.0 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' 23.0"	15.34 mi	west	0° 00' 01.8"	0.04 mi	south	15.34 mi
1 hour	14° 23' 04.1"	920.34 mi	west	0° 01' 51.2"	2.13 mi	south	920.24 mi
24 hours	14° 43' 37.3"	942.24 mi	east	0° 00' 34.7"	0.66 mi	south	942.21 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
Perth	Fri 1:10 PM	1666 km	1035 miles	899 nm	SE
Bandung	Fri 12:10 PM	1926 km	1197 miles	1040 nm	NNE
Jakarta	Fri 12:10 PM	1984 km	1233 miles	1071 nm	NNE
Surabaya	Fri 12:10 PM	2131 km	1324 miles	1151 nm	NE
Denpasar	Fri 1:10 PM	2165 km	1345 miles	1169 nm	NE
Pontianak	Fri 12:10 PM	2711 km	1685 miles	1464 nm	NNE
Singapore	Fri 1:10 PM	2742 km	1704 miles	1481 nm	N
Makassar	Fri 1:10 PM	2761 km	1716 miles	1491 nm	NE
Eucla	Fri 1:55 PM	2807 km	1744 miles	1516 nm	ESE
Kuala Lumpur	Fri 1:10 PM	2939 km	1826 miles	1587 nm	N