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 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 06:06:00 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 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 06:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	13° 12'	South
Longitude:	91° 46'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 451.65 meters/second, 1626.0 km/hour, 1010.3 miles/hour or 877.9 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"	16.84 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	16.84 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.1"	1010.24 mi	west	0° 00' 50.7"	0.97 mi	north	1010.27 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 31.2"	0.59 mi	west	0° 20' 23.3"	23.36 mi	north	23.37 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 06:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 18'	South
Longitude:	9° 29'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.26 meters/second, 1516.5 km/hour, 942.3 miles/hour or 818.9 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' 25.7"	15.71 mi	west	0° 00' 07.0"	0.13 mi	south	15.71 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 43.1"	942.06 mi	west	0° 06' 54.7"	7.93 mi	south	941.76 mi
24 hours	13° 51' 22.1"	904.70 mi	east	2° 09' 40.6"	148.69 mi	south	910.72 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
Bantam	Tue 12:36 PM	570 km	354 miles	308 nm	ENE
Bengkulu	Tue 1:06 PM	1554 km	966 miles	839 nm	NE
Palembang	Tue 1:06 PM	1823 km	1132 miles	984 nm	NE
Jakarta	Tue 1:06 PM	1826 km	1134 miles	986 nm	ENE
Bandung	Tue 1:06 PM	1869 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	ENE
Singapore	Tue 2:06 PM	2085 km	1296 miles	1126 nm	NE
Kuala Lumpur	Tue 2:06 PM	2114 km	1314 miles	1142 nm	NNE
Diego Garcia	Tue 12:06 PM	2216 km	1377 miles	1197 nm	WNW
Surabaya	Tue 1:06 PM	2389 km	1484 miles	1290 nm	ENE
Pontianak	Tue 1:06 PM	2426 km	1507 miles	1310 nm	NE