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 18:36:00 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 18:36:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	15° 21'	South
Longitude:	103° 23'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 447.37 meters/second, 1610.5 km/hour, 1000.7 miles/hour or 869.6 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"	16.68 mi	west	0° 00' 00.8"	0.01 mi	south	16.68 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 59.5"	1000.60 mi	west	0° 00' 46.1"	0.88 mi	south	1000.57 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 16.0"	0.30 mi	east	0° 18' 22.0"	21.05 mi	south	21.05 mi

Position of the Moon

On Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 18:36:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 58'	North
Longitude:	133° 01'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 422.07 meters/second, 1519.5 km/hour, 944.1 miles/hour or 820.4 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' 30.9"	15.74 mi	west	0° 00' 03.2"	0.06 mi	south	15.74 mi
1 hour	14° 31' 01.9"	943.91 mi	west	0° 03' 20.5"	3.83 mi	south	944.09 mi
24 hours	11° 31' 32.4"	749.49 mi	east	1° 45' 26.6"	120.88 mi	south	763.16 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 *	Sat 1:36 PM	1437 km	893 miles	776 nm	SSW
Galapagos Islands	Sat 12:36 PM	2202 km	1369 miles	1189 nm	NE
Lima	Sat 1:36 PM	2871 km	1784 miles	1550 nm	E
Adamstown	Sat 10:36 AM	2985 km	1855 miles	1612 nm	WSW
Quito	Sat 1:36 PM	3206 km	1992 miles	1731 nm	ENE
San Jose	Sat 12:36 PM	3515 km	2184 miles	1898 nm	NE
San Salvador	Sat 12:36 PM	3573 km	2220 miles	1929 nm	NNE
Managua	Sat 12:36 PM	3580 km	2224 miles	1933 nm	NNE
Guatemala	Sat 12:36 PM	3604 km	2239 miles	1946 nm	NNE
Tegucigalpa	Sat 12:36 PM	3710 km	2305 miles	2003 nm	NNE