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 01:14:00 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 01:14:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 21'	North
Longitude:	160° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.12 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"	1031.52 mi	west	0° 00' 55.9"	1.07 mi	south	1031.54 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 06.7"	5.86 mi	west	0° 22' 25.3"	25.68 mi	south	26.34 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 01:14:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 52'	North
Longitude:	39° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 427.78 meters/second, 1540.0 km/hour, 956.9 miles/hour or 831.5 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"	15.95 mi	west	0° 00' 06.0"	0.12 mi	north	15.95 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 48.8"	956.70 mi	west	0° 05' 59.7"	6.87 mi	north	956.46 mi
24 hours	11° 22' 59.7"	749.57 mi	east	2° 00' 17.4"	137.90 mi	north	757.84 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
Kolonia	Thu 12:14 PM	296 km	184 miles	160 nm	WNW
Palikir	Thu 12:14 PM	300 km	186 miles	162 nm	WNW
Yaren	Thu 1:14 PM	1019 km	633 miles	550 nm	SE
Majuro	Thu 1:14 PM	1151 km	715 miles	622 nm	E
Tarawa	Thu 1:14 PM	1459 km	906 miles	788 nm	ESE
Wake Island	Thu 1:14 PM	1564 km	972 miles	845 nm	NNE
Honiara	Thu 12:14 PM	1747 km	1086 miles	944 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 11:14 AM	1929 km	1199 miles	1041 nm	WNW
Port Moresby	Thu 11:14 AM	2310 km	1436 miles	1247 nm	SW
Jayapura	Thu 10:14 AM	2442 km	1517 miles	1318 nm	WSW