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, February 2, 2012 at 00:10:00 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 Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 00:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 02'	South
Longitude:	179° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.55 meters/second, 1596.8 km/hour, 992.2 miles/hour or 862.2 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' 59.9"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.1"	992.03 mi	west	0° 00' 42.7"	0.82 mi	north	992.06 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 52.3"	2.07 mi	east	0° 17' 16.4"	19.80 mi	north	19.91 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 00:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	21° 31'	North
Longitude:	74° 11'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.45 meters/second, 1502.8 km/hour, 933.8 miles/hour or 811.5 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' 30.2"	15.56 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	north	15.56 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 17.1"	933.51 mi	west	0° 03' 17.3"	3.77 mi	north	933.34 mi
24 hours	12° 04' 56.0"	777.68 mi	east	0° 50' 06.9"	57.47 mi	north	777.55 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
Suva	Thu 12:10 PM	262 km	163 miles	142 nm	WSW
Lautoka	Thu 12:10 PM	342 km	212 miles	185 nm	W
Nadi	Thu 12:10 PM	350 km	218 miles	189 nm	WSW
Mata-Utu	Thu 12:10 PM	539 km	335 miles	291 nm	NE
Nukualofa	Thu 1:10 PM	630 km	392 miles	340 nm	SE
Apia *	Thu 2:10 PM	891 km	553 miles	481 nm	ENE
Funafuti	Thu 12:10 PM	955 km	594 miles	516 nm	N
Pago Pago	Wed 1:10 PM	980 km	609 miles	529 nm	ENE
Alofi	Wed 1:10 PM	1026 km	638 miles	554 nm	ESE
Fakaofo	Thu 1:10 PM	1225 km	761 miles	661 nm	NE