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 9, 2012 at 07:28:00 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 9, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	16° 60'	South
Longitude:	63° 41'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 443.67 meters/second, 1597.2 km/hour, 992.5 miles/hour or 862.4 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° 14' 59.9"	16.54 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.54 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 56.6"	992.29 mi	west	0° 00' 42.4"	0.81 mi	south	992.26 mi
24 hours	0° 01' 27.3"	1.60 mi	east	0° 16' 51.4"	19.32 mi	south	19.39 mi

Position of the Moon

On Friday, November 9, 2012 at 07:28:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	1° 18'	North
Longitude:	3° 03'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 448.72 meters/second, 1615.4 km/hour, 1003.8 miles/hour or 872.2 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"	16.73 mi	west	0° 00' 12.0"	0.23 mi	south	16.73 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 48.1"	1003.71 mi	west	0° 12' 04.8"	13.84 mi	south	1003.84 mi
24 hours	11° 54' 05.0"	823.07 mi	east	4° 54' 18.0"	337.04 mi	south	889.22 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
Port Louis	Fri 11:28 AM	742 km	461 miles	400 nm	WSW
Saint-Denis	Fri 11:28 AM	968 km	601 miles	523 nm	WSW
Diego Garcia	Fri 1:28 PM	1429 km	888 miles	772 nm	NE
Victoria	Fri 11:28 AM	1638 km	1018 miles	884 nm	NW
Antananarivo	Fri 10:28 AM	1726 km	1072 miles	932 nm	W
Moroni	Fri 10:28 AM	2274 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	WNW
Male	Fri 12:28 PM	2579 km	1602 miles	1392 nm	NNE
Dar es Salaam	Fri 10:28 AM	2882 km	1791 miles	1556 nm	WNW
Mogadishu	Fri 10:28 AM	2915 km	1811 miles	1574 nm	NW
Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte	Fri 12:58 PM	3189 km	1981 miles	1722 nm	NE