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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 11:36:00 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 Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 11:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 16'	South
Longitude:	1° 37'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.56 meters/second, 1611.2 km/hour, 1001.2 miles/hour or 870.0 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"	16.69 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	south	16.69 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.7"	1001.04 mi	west	0° 00' 46.3"	0.89 mi	south	1001.01 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 12.3"	0.23 mi	east	0° 18' 26.4"	21.13 mi	south	21.13 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 11:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 19'	North
Longitude:	125° 22'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.10 meters/second, 1516.0 km/hour, 942.0 miles/hour or 818.6 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"	15.70 mi	west	0° 00' 02.5"	0.05 mi	south	15.70 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 57.5"	941.74 mi	west	0° 02' 41.0"	3.08 mi	south	941.88 mi
24 hours	11° 33' 44.9"	750.22 mi	east	1° 30' 06.6"	103.31 mi	south	760.80 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
Jamestown	Sat 11:36 AM	790 km	491 miles	427 nm	W
Luanda	Sat 12:36 PM	1450 km	901 miles	783 nm	ENE
São Tomé	Sat 11:36 AM	1815 km	1128 miles	980 nm	NNE
Windhoek *	Sat 1:36 PM	1818 km	1130 miles	982 nm	ESE
Kinshasa	Sat 12:36 PM	1927 km	1197 miles	1041 nm	NE
Brazzaville	Sat 12:36 PM	1929 km	1199 miles	1042 nm	NE
Libreville	Sat 12:36 PM	1935 km	1202 miles	1045 nm	NNE
Malabo	Sat 12:36 PM	2247 km	1396 miles	1213 nm	NNE
Accra	Sat 11:36 AM	2311 km	1436 miles	1248 nm	N
Abidjan	Sat 11:36 AM	2360 km	1467 miles	1274 nm	NNW