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 Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 02:22:00 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 Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 02:22:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 53'	South
Longitude:	147° 43'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 453.98 meters/second, 1634.3 km/hour, 1015.5 miles/hour or 882.5 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"	16.93 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	16.93 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 02.7"	1015.48 mi	west	0° 00' 52.7"	1.01 mi	north	1015.50 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 11.4"	1.34 mi	west	0° 21' 09.4"	24.24 mi	north	24.28 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 02:22:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 18'	South
Longitude:	99° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.16 meters/second, 1509.0 km/hour, 937.6 miles/hour or 814.8 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' 26.8"	15.63 mi	west	0° 00' 05.5"	0.11 mi	north	15.63 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 53.0"	937.41 mi	west	0° 05' 35.2"	6.41 mi	north	937.71 mi
24 hours	12° 56' 32.0"	839.76 mi	east	2° 44' 02.9"	188.07 mi	north	867.44 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
Port Moresby	Sat 12:22 PM	275 km	171 miles	148 nm	NNW
Lae	Sat 12:22 PM	575 km	357 miles	310 nm	N
Cairns	Sat 12:22 PM	596 km	370 miles	322 nm	SSW
Jayapura	Sat 11:22 AM	1291 km	802 miles	697 nm	NW
Honiara	Sat 1:22 PM	1366 km	849 miles	737 nm	E
Brisbane	Sat 12:22 PM	1812 km	1126 miles	979 nm	SSE
Darwin	Sat 11:52 AM	1838 km	1142 miles	992 nm	W
Manokwari	Sat 11:22 AM	1939 km	1205 miles	1047 nm	NW
Alice Springs	Sat 11:52 AM	1964 km	1220 miles	1061 nm	SW
Port Vila	Sat 1:22 PM	2308 km	1434 miles	1246 nm	ESE