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, November 2, 2012 at 00:08:00 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, November 2, 2012 at 00:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 48'	South
Longitude:	173° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.53 meters/second, 1614.7 km/hour, 1003.3 miles/hour or 871.9 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"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	south	16.72 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.5"	1003.22 mi	west	0° 00' 47.3"	0.90 mi	south	1003.19 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 06.0"	0.11 mi	west	0° 18' 48.3"	21.55 mi	south	21.55 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 00:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 52'	North
Longitude:	29° 24'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.55 meters/second, 1510.4 km/hour, 938.5 miles/hour or 815.5 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.0"	938.24 mi	west	0° 00' 44.3"	0.85 mi	north	938.20 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 52.6"	754.13 mi	east	0° 09' 01.3"	10.35 mi	south	754.57 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
Lautoka *	Fri 1:08 PM	514 km	319 miles	278 nm	SE
Nadi *	Fri 1:08 PM	524 km	326 miles	283 nm	SE
Suva *	Fri 1:08 PM	632 km	392 miles	341 nm	SE
Port Vila	Fri 11:08 AM	653 km	406 miles	352 nm	WSW
Funafuti	Fri 12:08 PM	925 km	575 miles	500 nm	NE
Noumea	Fri 11:08 AM	1120 km	696 miles	605 nm	SW
Nukualofa	Fri 1:08 PM	1375 km	854 miles	742 nm	ESE
Apia *	Fri 2:08 PM	1580 km	981 miles	853 nm	E
Honiara	Fri 11:08 AM	1601 km	995 miles	865 nm	WNW
Yaren	Fri 12:08 PM	1742 km	1083 miles	941 nm	NNW