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, November 1, 2012 at 19:28:00 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, November 1, 2012 at 19:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 45'	South
Longitude:	116° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.66 meters/second, 1615.2 km/hour, 1003.6 miles/hour or 872.1 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' 00.0"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.5"	1003.50 mi	west	0° 00' 47.4"	0.91 mi	south	1003.47 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 08.4"	0.16 mi	west	0° 18' 51.2"	21.60 mi	south	21.60 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 19:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 47'	North
Longitude:	97° 08'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.78 meters/second, 1511.2 km/hour, 939.0 miles/hour or 816.0 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"	15.65 mi	west	0° 00' 01.1"	0.02 mi	north	15.65 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 52.6"	938.76 mi	west	0° 01' 11.5"	1.37 mi	north	938.70 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 49.1"	754.46 mi	east	0° 01' 50.5"	2.11 mi	north	754.39 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
Easter Island *	Thu 2:28 PM	1549 km	963 miles	837 nm	SSE
Adamstown	Thu 11:28 AM	1833 km	1139 miles	990 nm	SW
Galapagos Islands	Thu 1:28 PM	3320 km	2063 miles	1792 nm	ENE
Papeete	Thu 9:28 AM	3559 km	2211 miles	1922 nm	W
Mexico City	Thu 1:28 PM	4225 km	2626 miles	2282 nm	NNE
Lima	Thu 2:28 PM	4266 km	2651 miles	2304 nm	E
Guatemala	Thu 1:28 PM	4317 km	2683 miles	2331 nm	NE
San Salvador	Thu 1:28 PM	4343 km	2699 miles	2345 nm	NE
Managua	Thu 1:28 PM	4458 km	2770 miles	2407 nm	NE
Quito	Thu 2:28 PM	4466 km	2775 miles	2412 nm	ENE