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 20:50:00 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 20:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 60'	South
Longitude:	129° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.04 meters/second, 1627.3 km/hour, 1011.2 miles/hour or 878.7 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"	16.85 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.85 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.4"	1011.10 mi	west	0° 00' 51.0"	0.97 mi	north	1011.13 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 37.9"	0.71 mi	west	0° 20' 31.0"	23.51 mi	north	23.52 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 20:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	South
Longitude:	137° 59'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.09 meters/second, 1501.5 km/hour, 933.0 miles/hour or 810.8 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' 25.2"	15.55 mi	west	0° 00' 05.0"	0.10 mi	south	15.55 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 15.0"	932.73 mi	west	0° 04' 58.8"	5.71 mi	south	932.49 mi
24 hours	13° 58' 33.8"	903.98 mi	east	1° 21' 04.7"	92.98 mi	south	904.64 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
Adamstown	Tue 12:50 PM	1339 km	832 miles	723 nm	S
Papeete	Tue 10:50 AM	2239 km	1391 miles	1209 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Tue 3:50 PM	2595 km	1612 miles	1401 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Tue 10:50 AM	3369 km	2093 miles	1819 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Wed 10:50 AM	3512 km	2182 miles	1896 nm	WNW
Alofi	Tue 9:50 AM	4395 km	2731 miles	2373 nm	WSW
Apia *	Wed 10:50 AM	4601 km	2859 miles	2485 nm	W
Mexico City	Tue 2:50 PM	4873 km	3028 miles	2631 nm	NE
Honolulu	Tue 10:50 AM	4919 km	3056 miles	2656 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Wed 9:50 AM	4958 km	3081 miles	2677 nm	WSW