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 Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 02:06:00 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 Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 02:06:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	10° 06'	South
Longitude:	151° 36'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 456.74 meters/second, 1644.3 km/hour, 1021.7 miles/hour or 887.8 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' 00.1"	17.03 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	north	17.03 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 04.7"	1021.68 mi	west	0° 00' 54.8"	1.05 mi	north	1021.71 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 00.0"	2.27 mi	west	0° 21' 59.9"	25.20 mi	north	25.30 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 02:06:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 28'	South
Longitude:	162° 09'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 450.23 meters/second, 1620.8 km/hour, 1007.1 miles/hour or 875.2 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' 33.5"	16.79 mi	west	0° 00' 11.7"	0.23 mi	north	16.79 mi
1 hour	14° 33' 34.5"	1007.13 mi	west	0° 11' 47.9"	13.51 mi	north	1007.24 mi
24 hours	10° 29' 27.6"	725.70 mi	east	4° 39' 20.4"	319.91 mi	north	792.57 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	Thu 12:06 PM	489 km	304 miles	264 nm	W
Arawa	Thu 12:06 PM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	NE
Lae	Thu 12:06 PM	629 km	391 miles	339 nm	NW
Honiara	Thu 1:06 PM	920 km	572 miles	497 nm	E
Cairns	Thu 12:06 PM	983 km	611 miles	531 nm	SW
Jayapura	Thu 11:06 AM	1465 km	910 miles	791 nm	NW
Brisbane	Thu 12:06 PM	1929 km	1199 miles	1042 nm	S
Port Vila	Thu 1:06 PM	1994 km	1239 miles	1076 nm	ESE
Yaren	Thu 2:06 PM	1999 km	1242 miles	1079 nm	ENE
Palikir	Thu 1:06 PM	2017 km	1253 miles	1089 nm	NNE