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, October 5, 2012 at 02:30:00 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, October 5, 2012 at 02:30:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	4° 51'	South
Longitude:	139° 20'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 462.28 meters/second, 1664.2 km/hour, 1034.1 miles/hour or 898.6 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"	17.24 mi	west	0° 00' 01.0"	0.02 mi	south	17.24 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 11.3"	1034.14 mi	west	0° 00' 57.5"	1.10 mi	south	1034.13 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 27.3"	5.12 mi	west	0° 23' 01.8"	26.38 mi	south	26.87 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 02:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 35'	North
Longitude:	13° 38'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 420.39 meters/second, 1513.4 km/hour, 940.4 miles/hour or 817.2 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' 30.9"	15.67 mi	west	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	north	15.67 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 58.5"	940.12 mi	west	0° 02' 12.2"	2.53 mi	north	940.01 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 29.9"	755.12 mi	east	0° 26' 16.2"	30.12 mi	north	754.63 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
Jayapura	Fri 11:30 AM	298 km	185 miles	161 nm	NNE
Manokwari	Fri 11:30 AM	732 km	455 miles	395 nm	NW
Lae	Fri 12:30 PM	874 km	543 miles	472 nm	ESE
Port Moresby	Fri 12:30 PM	1006 km	625 miles	543 nm	ESE
Darwin	Fri 12:00 Noon	1257 km	781 miles	679 nm	SW
Melekeok	Fri 11:30 AM	1462 km	908 miles	789 nm	NNW
Cairns	Fri 12:30 PM	1510 km	938 miles	815 nm	SSE
Dili	Fri 11:30 AM	1574 km	978 miles	850 nm	WSW
Manado	Fri 10:30 AM	1757 km	1092 miles	949 nm	WNW
Gorontalo	Fri 10:30 AM	1904 km	1183 miles	1028 nm	WNW