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, February 3, 2012 at 21:00:00 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, February 3, 2012 at 21:00:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 30'	South
Longitude:	131° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.82 meters/second, 1601.4 km/hour, 995.0 miles/hour or 864.7 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"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	north	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.9"	994.87 mi	west	0° 00' 44.1"	0.84 mi	north	994.90 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 29.1"	1.64 mi	east	0° 17' 48.7"	20.42 mi	north	20.48 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 3, 2012 at 21:00:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 13'	North
Longitude:	3° 50'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 414.66 meters/second, 1492.8 km/hour, 927.6 miles/hour or 806.0 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' 28.6"	15.46 mi	west	0° 00' 01.6"	0.03 mi	south	15.46 mi
1 hour	14° 28' 42.1"	927.27 mi	west	0° 01' 39.5"	1.90 mi	south	927.36 mi
24 hours	12° 35' 30.8"	806.53 mi	east	1° 12' 24.6"	83.04 mi	south	814.17 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
Gambier Islands	Fri 12:00 Noon	804 km	500 miles	434 nm	SSW
Adamstown	Fri 1:00 PM	965 km	600 miles	521 nm	S
Papeete	Fri 11:00 AM	1892 km	1175 miles	1021 nm	W
Easter Island *	Fri 4:00 PM	2598 km	1615 miles	1403 nm	ESE
Rarotonga	Fri 11:00 AM	2987 km	1856 miles	1613 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Sat 11:00 AM	3462 km	2151 miles	1869 nm	WNW
Alofi	Fri 10:00 AM	4041 km	2511 miles	2182 nm	W
Apia *	Sat 11:00 AM	4296 km	2669 miles	2320 nm	W
Fakaofo	Sat 10:00 AM	4341 km	2697 miles	2344 nm	W
Nukualofa	Sat 10:00 AM	4587 km	2850 miles	2477 nm	WSW