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 Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 22:48:00 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 Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 22:48:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	17° 44'	South
Longitude:	166° 14'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 441.90 meters/second, 1590.9 km/hour, 988.5 miles/hour or 859.0 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° 14' 59.9"	16.48 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	south	16.48 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 55.2"	988.31 mi	west	0° 00' 40.4"	0.77 mi	south	988.28 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 01.3"	2.22 mi	east	0° 16' 03.7"	18.41 mi	south	18.55 mi

Position of the Moon

On Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 22:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	11° 26'	South
Longitude:	165° 48'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.85 meters/second, 1576.2 km/hour, 979.4 miles/hour or 851.1 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' 26.6"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 11.1"	0.21 mi	south	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 26' 33.6"	979.27 mi	west	0° 11' 08.5"	12.77 mi	south	979.03 mi
24 hours	13° 46' 25.5"	933.92 mi	east	4° 06' 46.4"	282.76 mi	south	968.52 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
Alofi	Sun 11:48 AM	415 km	258 miles	224 nm	WSW
Pago Pago	Sun 11:48 AM	612 km	380 miles	330 nm	NW
Apia *	Mon 12:48 PM	733 km	455 miles	396 nm	NW
Rarotonga	Sun 12:48 PM	781 km	486 miles	422 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Mon 11:48 AM	1013 km	629 miles	547 nm	WSW
Fakaofo	Mon 11:48 AM	1071 km	666 miles	578 nm	NNW
Suva *	Mon 11:48 AM	1625 km	1010 miles	877 nm	W
Papeete	Sun 12:48 PM	1769 km	1099 miles	955 nm	E
Funafuti	Mon 10:48 AM	1876 km	1166 miles	1013 nm	WNW
Baker Island	Sun 10:48 AM	2278 km	1415 miles	1230 nm	NNW