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 07:08:00 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 07:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	14° 54'	South
Longitude:	68° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.34 meters/second, 1614.0 km/hour, 1002.9 miles/hour or 871.5 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' 00.0"	16.72 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.02 mi	south	16.72 mi
1 hour	15° 00' 00.2"	1002.79 mi	west	0° 00' 47.0"	0.90 mi	south	1002.76 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 02.3"	0.04 mi	west	0° 18' 44.1"	21.47 mi	south	21.47 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 2, 2012 at 07:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 55'	North
Longitude:	72° 12'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.39 meters/second, 1509.8 km/hour, 938.1 miles/hour or 815.2 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' 00.1"	0.00 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 49.7"	937.89 mi	west	0° 00' 03.7"	0.07 mi	north	937.89 mi
24 hours	11° 39' 32.4"	753.50 mi	east	0° 25' 18.0"	29.01 mi	south	755.11 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
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:08 PM	934 km	580 miles	504 nm	NNE
Port Louis	Fri 11:08 AM	1316 km	818 miles	711 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:08 AM	1543 km	959 miles	833 nm	WSW
Victoria	Fri 11:08 AM	1836 km	1141 miles	992 nm	NW
Male	Fri 12:08 PM	2177 km	1353 miles	1176 nm	NNE
Antananarivo	Fri 10:08 AM	2290 km	1423 miles	1237 nm	WSW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 12:38 PM	2713 km	1686 miles	1465 nm	NNE
Moroni	Fri 10:08 AM	2763 km	1717 miles	1492 nm	W
Mogadishu	Fri 10:08 AM	3177 km	1974 miles	1715 nm	NW
Bangalore	Fri 12:38 PM	3236 km	2011 miles	1747 nm	NNE