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 02:08:00 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 02:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 50'	South
Longitude:	143° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.48 meters/second, 1614.5 km/hour, 1003.2 miles/hour or 871.8 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"	1003.10 mi	west	0° 00' 47.2"	0.90 mi	south	1003.07 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 05.0"	0.09 mi	west	0° 18' 47.1"	21.53 mi	south	21.53 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 02:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	North
Longitude:	0° 23'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.48 meters/second, 1510.1 km/hour, 938.3 miles/hour or 815.4 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"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 50.6"	938.09 mi	west	0° 00' 32.8"	0.63 mi	north	938.06 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 49.7"	753.96 mi	east	0° 13' 40.8"	15.69 mi	south	754.69 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
Cairns	Fri 12:08 PM	327 km	203 miles	176 nm	SE
Port Moresby	Fri 12:08 PM	711 km	442 miles	384 nm	NNE
Lae	Fri 12:08 PM	968 km	602 miles	523 nm	NNE
Jayapura	Fri 11:08 AM	1397 km	868 miles	754 nm	NNW
Darwin	Fri 11:38 AM	1407 km	874 miles	760 nm	W
Alice Springs	Fri 11:38 AM	1418 km	881 miles	766 nm	SW
Brisbane	Fri 12:08 PM	1705 km	1059 miles	921 nm	SSE
Manokwari	Fri 11:08 AM	1868 km	1161 miles	1009 nm	NW
Honiara	Fri 1:08 PM	1875 km	1165 miles	1012 nm	ENE
Dili	Fri 11:08 AM	2083 km	1294 miles	1125 nm	WNW