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, October 11, 2012 at 20:28:00 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, October 11, 2012 at 20:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 25'	South
Longitude:	130° 38'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 460.06 meters/second, 1656.2 km/hour, 1029.1 miles/hour or 894.3 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"	17.15 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.15 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 09.2"	1029.15 mi	west	0° 00' 56.3"	1.08 mi	south	1029.13 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 40.2"	4.20 mi	west	0° 22' 28.6"	25.75 mi	south	26.09 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 20:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 25'	North
Longitude:	177° 17'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 445.99 meters/second, 1605.5 km/hour, 997.6 miles/hour or 866.9 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' 30.7"	16.63 mi	west	0° 00' 11.5"	0.22 mi	south	16.63 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 41.4"	997.58 mi	west	0° 11' 32.8"	13.22 mi	south	997.85 mi
24 hours	11° 50' 34.4"	814.14 mi	east	4° 48' 23.2"	330.28 mi	south	881.24 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	Thu 10:58 AM	992 km	616 miles	536 nm	W
Adamstown	Thu 12:28 PM	1955 km	1215 miles	1055 nm	S
Papeete	Thu 10:28 AM	2339 km	1454 miles	1263 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Thu 3:28 PM	3131 km	1946 miles	1691 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Fri 10:28 AM	3137 km	1949 miles	1694 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Thu 10:28 AM	3485 km	2166 miles	1882 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Thu 10:28 AM	4352 km	2704 miles	2350 nm	NW
Alofi	Thu 9:28 AM	4435 km	2756 miles	2395 nm	WSW
Apia *	Fri 10:28 AM	4550 km	2828 miles	2457 nm	WSW
Mexico City *	Thu 3:28 PM	4554 km	2830 miles	2459 nm	NE