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, January 9, 2012 at 05:08:00 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, January 9, 2012 at 05:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 11'	South
Longitude:	104° 25'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 429.58 meters/second, 1546.5 km/hour, 960.9 miles/hour or 835.0 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"	16.02 mi	west	0° 00' 00.3"	0.01 mi	north	16.02 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 44.3"	960.62 mi	west	0° 00' 20.6"	0.39 mi	north	960.64 mi
24 hours	0° 06' 12.1"	6.63 mi	east	0° 08' 28.3"	9.72 mi	north	11.76 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, January 9, 2012 at 05:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 31'	North
Longitude:	77° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.08 meters/second, 1519.5 km/hour, 944.2 miles/hour or 820.5 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"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 06.4"	0.12 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 33.6"	943.93 mi	west	0° 06' 33.0"	7.51 mi	south	944.28 mi
24 hours	12° 28' 34.4"	813.59 mi	east	3° 06' 19.3"	213.58 mi	south	848.29 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	Mon 1:08 PM	1566 km	973 miles	846 nm	SE
Bandung	Mon 12:08 PM	1723 km	1071 miles	930 nm	NNE
Jakarta	Mon 12:08 PM	1793 km	1114 miles	968 nm	N
Malang	Mon 12:08 PM	1807 km	1123 miles	976 nm	NNE
Surabaya	Mon 12:08 PM	1877 km	1166 miles	1014 nm	NNE
Denpasar	Mon 1:08 PM	1891 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	NE
Makassar	Mon 1:08 PM	2483 km	1543 miles	1341 nm	NE
Pontianak	Mon 12:08 PM	2509 km	1559 miles	1355 nm	NNE
Singapore	Mon 1:08 PM	2597 km	1614 miles	1402 nm	N
Eucla	Mon 1:53 PM	2640 km	1641 miles	1426 nm	ESE