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, September 6, 2012 at 00:18:00 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, September 6, 2012 at 00:18:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 22'	North
Longitude:	174° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.10 meters/second, 1660.0 km/hour, 1031.5 miles/hour or 896.3 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"	17.19 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.19 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 12.7"	1031.49 mi	west	0° 00' 55.9"	1.07 mi	south	1031.51 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 06.6"	5.86 mi	west	0° 22' 25.0"	25.68 mi	south	26.34 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 00:18:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 47'	North
Longitude:	53° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.02 meters/second, 1540.9 km/hour, 957.4 miles/hour or 832.0 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' 31.7"	15.96 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.96 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 50.0"	957.23 mi	west	0° 06' 04.2"	6.96 mi	north	956.99 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 27.9"	749.39 mi	east	2° 02' 13.8"	140.13 mi	north	758.02 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
Majuro	Thu 12:18 PM	409 km	254 miles	221 nm	WNW
Tarawa	Thu 12:18 PM	583 km	362 miles	315 nm	SSW
Yaren	Thu 12:18 PM	1163 km	723 miles	628 nm	SW
Baker Island	Wed 12:18 PM	1183 km	735 miles	639 nm	SE
Wake Island	Thu 12:18 PM	1681 km	1045 miles	908 nm	NNW
Funafuti	Thu 12:18 PM	1716 km	1066 miles	927 nm	SSE
Palikir	Thu 11:18 AM	1842 km	1145 miles	995 nm	W
Fakaofo	Thu 1:18 PM	2328 km	1446 miles	1257 nm	SE
Honiara	Thu 11:18 AM	2402 km	1492 miles	1297 nm	SW
Midway	Wed 1:18 PM	2555 km	1588 miles	1380 nm	NNE