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 04:06:00 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 04:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 33'	South
Longitude:	121° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.03 meters/second, 1616.5 km/hour, 1004.5 miles/hour or 872.9 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' 59.2"	1004.35 mi	west	0° 00' 48.4"	0.92 mi	north	1004.38 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 14.0"	0.26 mi	east	0° 19' 27.7"	22.30 mi	north	22.30 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, February 10, 2012 at 04:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 50'	South
Longitude:	32° 05'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.06 meters/second, 1613.0 km/hour, 1002.3 miles/hour or 871.0 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' 29.3"	16.70 mi	west	0° 00' 13.6"	0.26 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 29' 22.2"	1002.22 mi	west	0° 13' 34.7"	15.55 mi	south	1002.31 mi
24 hours	12° 20' 23.7"	853.53 mi	east	5° 22' 20.5"	369.16 mi	south	928.27 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
Kupang	Fri 12:06 PM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	NNE
Ende	Fri 12:06 PM	631 km	392 miles	341 nm	N
Raba	Fri 12:06 PM	751 km	467 miles	406 nm	NNW
Dili	Fri 1:06 PM	780 km	485 miles	421 nm	NNE
Mataram	Fri 12:06 PM	905 km	562 miles	489 nm	NW
Denpasar	Fri 12:06 PM	966 km	600 miles	521 nm	NW
Darwin	Fri 1:36 PM	1009 km	627 miles	545 nm	ENE
Singaraja	Fri 12:06 PM	1018 km	633 miles	550 nm	NW
Makassar	Fri 12:06 PM	1073 km	667 miles	579 nm	NNW
Kendari	Fri 12:06 PM	1173 km	729 miles	633 nm	N