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 Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 23:18:00 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 Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 23:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 35'	South
Longitude:	168° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.32 meters/second, 1542.0 km/hour, 958.1 miles/hour or 832.6 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' 59.6"	15.97 mi	west	0° 00' 00.2"	0.01 mi	north	15.97 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 43.3"	957.79 mi	west	0° 00' 17.0"	0.33 mi	north	957.81 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 36.4"	7.04 mi	east	0° 07' 02.9"	8.09 mi	north	10.72 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 23:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 04'	North
Longitude:	30° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 415.56 meters/second, 1496.0 km/hour, 929.6 miles/hour or 807.8 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' 29.6"	15.49 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	north	15.49 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 35.3"	929.26 mi	west	0° 02' 28.1"	2.83 mi	north	929.13 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 31.9"	791.43 mi	east	0° 28' 35.7"	32.79 mi	north	790.77 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
Alofi	Thu 12:18 PM	421 km	262 miles	227 nm	NNW
Pangai	Fri 12:18 PM	687 km	427 miles	371 nm	WNW
Nukualofa	Fri 12:18 PM	718 km	446 miles	388 nm	WNW
Neiafu	Fri 12:18 PM	724 km	450 miles	391 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Thu 1:18 PM	907 km	563 miles	490 nm	E
Pago Pago	Thu 12:18 PM	952 km	591 miles	514 nm	NNW
Apia *	Fri 1:18 PM	1031 km	641 miles	557 nm	NNW
Suva *	Fri 12:18 PM	1457 km	905 miles	787 nm	WNW
Fakaofo	Fri 12:18 PM	1494 km	928 miles	806 nm	NNW
Funafuti	Fri 11:18 AM	2042 km	1269 miles	1103 nm	NW