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, September 22, 2012 at 21:48:00 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, September 22, 2012 at 21:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	0° 07'	South
Longitude:	149° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.94 meters/second, 1670.2 km/hour, 1037.8 miles/hour or 901.8 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"	17.30 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.30 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 13.0"	1037.88 mi	west	0° 00' 58.3"	1.11 mi	south	1037.88 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 14.5"	6.04 mi	west	0° 23' 21.6"	26.75 mi	south	27.43 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 21:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 36'	South
Longitude:	57° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 417.59 meters/second, 1503.3 km/hour, 934.1 miles/hour or 811.7 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' 25.2"	15.57 mi	west	0° 00' 03.0"	0.06 mi	north	15.57 mi
1 hour	14° 25' 14.4"	933.90 mi	west	0° 03' 01.9"	3.48 mi	north	934.06 mi
24 hours	13° 39' 10.2"	884.20 mi	east	1° 47' 09.7"	122.86 mi	north	897.66 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
Kiritimati	Sun 11:48 AM	935 km	581 miles	505 nm	WNW
Papeete	Sat 11:48 AM	1927 km	1197 miles	1041 nm	S
Honolulu	Sat 11:48 AM	2552 km	1586 miles	1378 nm	NNW
Rarotonga	Sat 11:48 AM	2605 km	1619 miles	1407 nm	SSW
Fakaofo	Sun 10:48 AM	2651 km	1647 miles	1431 nm	WSW
Apia	Sun 10:48 AM	2917 km	1812 miles	1575 nm	WSW
Baker Island	Sat 9:48 AM	3041 km	1889 miles	1642 nm	W
Alofi	Sat 10:48 AM	3086 km	1917 miles	1666 nm	SW
Adamstown	Sat 1:48 PM	3440 km	2137 miles	1857 nm	SE
Funafuti	Sun 9:48 AM	3627 km	2254 miles	1959 nm	WSW