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 Friday, September 7, 2012 at 02:20:00 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 Friday, September 7, 2012 at 02:20:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	5° 57'	North
Longitude:	144° 14'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.45 meters/second, 1661.2 km/hour, 1032.2 miles/hour or 897.0 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"	17.21 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.21 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 12.8"	1032.28 mi	west	0° 00' 56.1"	1.07 mi	south	1032.30 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 09.4"	5.91 mi	west	0° 22' 31.6"	25.80 mi	south	26.47 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, September 7, 2012 at 02:20:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 57'	North
Longitude:	35° 02'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.24 meters/second, 1520.1 km/hour, 944.5 miles/hour or 820.8 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' 31.1"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 03.8"	0.07 mi	north	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 13.4"	944.27 mi	west	0° 03' 48.3"	4.36 mi	north	944.09 mi
24 hours	11° 36' 29.6"	754.98 mi	east	1° 05' 26.2"	75.03 mi	north	756.06 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
Guam (Hagåtña)	Fri 12:20 PM	834 km	518 miles	450 nm	N
Jayapura	Fri 11:20 AM	1018 km	632 miles	549 nm	SSW
Melekeok	Fri 11:20 AM	1075 km	668 miles	581 nm	W
Manokwari	Fri 11:20 AM	1358 km	844 miles	733 nm	WSW
Palikir	Fri 1:20 PM	1546 km	960 miles	835 nm	E
Port Moresby	Fri 12:20 PM	1735 km	1078 miles	937 nm	S
Manado	Fri 10:20 AM	2209 km	1373 miles	1193 nm	WSW
Honiara	Fri 1:20 PM	2437 km	1514 miles	1316 nm	SE
Darwin	Fri 11:50 AM	2518 km	1565 miles	1360 nm	SW
Cairns	Fri 12:20 PM	2536 km	1576 miles	1369 nm	S