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 21:56:00 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 21:56:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 59'	South
Longitude:	145° 44'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.06 meters/second, 1627.4 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"	16.86 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.86 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.3"	1011.16 mi	west	0° 00' 51.1"	0.98 mi	north	1011.19 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 38.3"	0.72 mi	west	0° 20' 31.7"	23.52 mi	north	23.53 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 21:56:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	South
Longitude:	122° 07'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 416.83 meters/second, 1500.6 km/hour, 932.4 miles/hour or 810.2 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"	15.54 mi	west	0° 00' 04.9"	0.09 mi	south	15.54 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 13.3"	932.14 mi	west	0° 04' 49.9"	5.54 mi	south	931.90 mi
24 hours	13° 58' 52.1"	903.76 mi	east	1° 17' 21.7"	88.71 mi	south	904.17 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
Papeete	Tue 11:56 AM	650 km	404 miles	351 nm	SW
Taiohae	Tue 12:26 PM	811 km	504 miles	438 nm	ENE
Rarotonga	Tue 11:56 AM	1749 km	1087 miles	945 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Wed 11:56 AM	2083 km	1294 miles	1125 nm	NW
Adamstown	Tue 1:56 PM	2117 km	1316 miles	1143 nm	SE
Alofi	Tue 10:56 AM	2671 km	1659 miles	1442 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Wed 10:56 AM	2812 km	1747 miles	1518 nm	W
Apia *	Wed 11:56 AM	2820 km	1752 miles	1523 nm	W
Nukualofa	Wed 10:56 AM	3257 km	2024 miles	1759 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Tue 9:56 AM	3692 km	2294 miles	1994 nm	WNW