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 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 21:10:00 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 Monday, October 8, 2012 at 21:10:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 17'	South
Longitude:	140° 57'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 461.15 meters/second, 1660.1 km/hour, 1031.6 miles/hour or 896.4 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"	17.19 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.19 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 10.1"	1031.59 mi	west	0° 00' 57.0"	1.09 mi	south	1031.57 mi
24 hours	0° 04' 02.5"	4.63 mi	west	0° 22' 45.3"	26.06 mi	south	26.47 mi

Position of the Moon

On Monday, October 8, 2012 at 21:10:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 21'	North
Longitude:	137° 45'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 428.57 meters/second, 1542.9 km/hour, 958.7 miles/hour or 833.1 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"	15.98 mi	west	0° 00' 06.3"	0.12 mi	south	15.98 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 57.4"	958.50 mi	west	0° 06' 28.2"	7.42 mi	south	958.81 mi
24 hours	11° 35' 31.2"	765.50 mi	east	2° 58' 51.3"	204.98 mi	south	798.11 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
Taiohae	Mon 11:40 AM	339 km	211 miles	183 nm	SSE
Papeete	Mon 11:10 AM	1558 km	968 miles	841 nm	SW
Kiritimati	Tue 11:10 AM	2033 km	1263 miles	1097 nm	WNW
Adamstown	Mon 1:10 PM	2378 km	1477 miles	1284 nm	SSE
Rarotonga	Mon 11:10 AM	2617 km	1626 miles	1413 nm	SW
Fakaofo	Tue 10:10 AM	3357 km	2086 miles	1812 nm	W
Alofi	Mon 10:10 AM	3441 km	2138 miles	1858 nm	WSW
Apia *	Tue 11:10 AM	3477 km	2160 miles	1877 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Mon 11:10 AM	3569 km	2217 miles	1927 nm	NNW
Baker Island	Mon 9:10 AM	4012 km	2493 miles	2166 nm	W