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 27, 2012 at 02:04:00 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 27, 2012 at 02:04:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 44'	South
Longitude:	146° 28'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 463.73 meters/second, 1669.4 km/hour, 1037.3 miles/hour or 901.4 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"	17.29 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.29 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 12.7"	1037.40 mi	west	0° 00' 58.3"	1.11 mi	south	1037.40 mi
24 hours	0° 05' 04.2"	5.84 mi	west	0° 23' 20.3"	26.73 mi	south	27.36 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 02:04:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 19'	South
Longitude:	68° 59'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.48 meters/second, 1603.7 km/hour, 996.5 miles/hour or 865.9 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' 31.3"	16.61 mi	west	0° 00' 11.0"	0.21 mi	north	16.61 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 22.8"	996.48 mi	west	0° 11' 09.5"	12.78 mi	north	996.77 mi
24 hours	11° 15' 40.9"	772.70 mi	east	4° 33' 15.7"	312.97 mi	north	836.56 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
Lae	Thu 12:04 PM	555 km	345 miles	300 nm	S
Jayapura	Thu 11:04 AM	648 km	402 miles	350 nm	W
Port Moresby	Thu 12:04 PM	856 km	532 miles	462 nm	S
Manokwari	Thu 11:04 AM	1384 km	860 miles	748 nm	W
Palikir	Thu 1:04 PM	1614 km	1003 miles	871 nm	NE
Melekeok	Thu 11:04 AM	1666 km	1035 miles	900 nm	NW
Cairns	Thu 12:04 PM	1681 km	1044 miles	908 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 12:04 PM	1694 km	1052 miles	914 nm	N
Honiara	Thu 1:04 PM	1718 km	1067 miles	928 nm	ESE
Darwin	Thu 11:34 AM	2092 km	1300 miles	1130 nm	SW