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 Wednesday, February 15, 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 Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 20:50:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	12° 39'	South
Longitude:	129° 15'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 452.65 meters/second, 1629.5 km/hour, 1012.5 miles/hour or 879.9 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"	16.88 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.88 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 01.8"	1012.48 mi	west	0° 00' 51.6"	0.98 mi	north	1012.51 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 48.4"	0.91 mi	west	0° 20' 43.4"	23.74 mi	north	23.76 mi

Position of the Moon

On Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 20:50:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	22° 08'	South
Longitude:	151° 58'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 413.12 meters/second, 1487.2 km/hour, 924.1 miles/hour or 803.0 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' 25.0"	15.40 mi	west	0° 00' 01.7"	0.03 mi	south	15.40 mi
1 hour	14° 24' 58.3"	923.83 mi	west	0° 01' 36.2"	1.84 mi	south	923.75 mi
24 hours	13° 56' 58.4"	893.95 mi	east	0° 00' 54.0"	1.03 mi	north	894.00 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	Wed 12:50 PM	1377 km	855 miles	743 nm	S
Papeete	Wed 10:50 AM	2249 km	1397 miles	1214 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Wed 3:50 PM	2620 km	1628 miles	1415 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Wed 10:50 AM	3381 km	2101 miles	1825 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Thu 10:50 AM	3495 km	2172 miles	1887 nm	WNW
Alofi	Wed 9:50 AM	4404 km	2736 miles	2378 nm	WSW
Apia *	Thu 10:50 AM	4605 km	2861 miles	2486 nm	W
Mexico City	Wed 2:50 PM	4847 km	3012 miles	2617 nm	NE
Honolulu	Wed 10:50 AM	4889 km	3038 miles	2640 nm	NW
Nukualofa	Thu 9:50 AM	4968 km	3087 miles	2682 nm	WSW