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 12, 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 Friday, October 12, 2012 at 20:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	7° 47'	South
Longitude:	130° 42'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 459.66 meters/second, 1654.8 km/hour, 1028.2 miles/hour or 893.5 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"	17.14 mi	west	0° 00' 00.9"	0.02 mi	south	17.14 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 08.9"	1028.24 mi	west	0° 00' 56.0"	1.07 mi	south	1028.23 mi
24 hours	0° 03' 32.1"	4.04 mi	west	0° 22' 22.2"	25.62 mi	south	25.94 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 12, 2012 at 20:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 36'	North
Longitude:	165° 26'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.25 meters/second, 1613.7 km/hour, 1002.7 miles/hour or 871.3 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' 29.9"	16.71 mi	west	0° 00' 12.3"	0.24 mi	south	16.71 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 00.0"	1002.65 mi	west	0° 12' 25.7"	14.23 mi	south	1002.80 mi
24 hours	12° 11' 47.5"	843.37 mi	east	5° 02' 25.3"	346.34 mi	south	911.67 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	Fri 10:58 AM	978 km	608 miles	528 nm	W
Adamstown	Fri 12:28 PM	1913 km	1189 miles	1033 nm	S
Papeete	Fri 10:28 AM	2313 km	1437 miles	1249 nm	WSW
Easter Island *	Fri 3:28 PM	3106 km	1930 miles	1677 nm	SE
Kiritimati	Sat 10:28 AM	3144 km	1954 miles	1698 nm	WNW
Rarotonga	Fri 10:28 AM	3460 km	2150 miles	1868 nm	WSW
Honolulu	Fri 10:28 AM	4378 km	2720 miles	2364 nm	NW
Alofi	Fri 9:28 AM	4414 km	2743 miles	2383 nm	WSW
Apia *	Sat 10:28 AM	4535 km	2818 miles	2449 nm	WSW
Mexico City *	Fri 3:28 PM	4587 km	2850 miles	2477 nm	NE