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 10, 2012 at 01:44:00 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 10, 2012 at 01:44:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 35'	South
Longitude:	157° 16'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.97 meters/second, 1616.3 km/hour, 1004.3 miles/hour or 872.7 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° 15' 00.0"	16.74 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.74 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.1"	1004.20 mi	west	0° 00' 48.2"	0.92 mi	north	1004.23 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 15.0"	0.28 mi	east	0° 19' 26.1"	22.27 mi	north	22.28 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 01:44:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 17'	South
Longitude:	2° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.11 meters/second, 1613.2 km/hour, 1002.4 miles/hour or 871.1 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' 29.3"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 24.0"	1002.34 mi	west	0° 13' 34.7"	15.55 mi	south	1002.45 mi
24 hours	12° 19' 12.5"	852.24 mi	east	5° 23' 16.0"	370.22 mi	south	927.85 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
Honiara	Fri 12:44 PM	641 km	398 miles	346 nm	NNE
Arawa	Fri 11:44 AM	943 km	586 miles	509 nm	NNW
Port Vila	Fri 12:44 PM	1231 km	765 miles	665 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Fri 11:44 AM	1236 km	768 miles	667 nm	WNW
Cairns	Fri 11:44 AM	1259 km	782 miles	680 nm	WSW
Noumea	Fri 12:44 PM	1289 km	801 miles	696 nm	SE
Brisbane	Fri 11:44 AM	1493 km	928 miles	806 nm	SSW
Yaren	Fri 1:44 PM	1882 km	1170 miles	1016 nm	NE
Sydney *	Fri 12:44 PM	2221 km	1380 miles	1199 nm	SSW
Jayapura	Fri 10:44 AM	2256 km	1402 miles	1218 nm	NW