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

Total Eclipse in progress – white lines on map

• The map shows the Nov 13 – Nov 14, 2012 Total Solar Eclipse in progress.
• The white lines on the map shows areas where a partial eclipse is visible.
• At the moment, the Total phase of the eclipse is visible to anyone within the dark blue area surrounded by a red area on the map (red lines)
• The area under red lines are very close to see the same - but they see a partial eclipse

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 21:08:00 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 Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 21:08:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 14'	South
Longitude:	141° 10'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 440.62 meters/second, 1586.2 km/hour, 985.6 miles/hour or 856.5 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° 14' 59.9"	16.43 mi	west	0° 00' 00.7"	0.01 mi	south	16.43 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 54.1"	985.43 mi	west	0° 00' 39.0"	0.75 mi	south	985.40 mi
24 hours	0° 02' 25.9"	2.67 mi	east	0° 15' 27.1"	17.71 mi	south	17.91 mi

Position of the Moon

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 21:08:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	18° 31'	South
Longitude:	141° 54'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 421.86 meters/second, 1518.7 km/hour, 943.7 miles/hour or 820.0 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' 22.8"	15.73 mi	west	0° 00' 06.5"	0.13 mi	south	15.73 mi
1 hour	14° 22' 52.1"	943.42 mi	west	0° 06' 29.5"	7.44 mi	south	943.15 mi
24 hours	15° 04' 08.1"	988.52 mi	east	1° 55' 53.3"	132.86 mi	south	991.68 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
Gambier Islands	Tue 12:08 PM	845 km	525 miles	456 nm	SE
Papeete	Tue 11:08 AM	893 km	555 miles	482 nm	W
Adamstown	Tue 1:08 PM	1372 km	852 miles	741 nm	SE
Rarotonga	Tue 11:08 AM	1977 km	1228 miles	1067 nm	WSW
Kiritimati	Wed 11:08 AM	2843 km	1767 miles	1535 nm	NW
Alofi	Tue 10:08 AM	3031 km	1883 miles	1637 nm	W
Apia *	Wed 11:08 AM	3307 km	2055 miles	1785 nm	W
Fakaofo	Wed 10:08 AM	3390 km	2106 miles	1830 nm	WNW
Easter Island *	Tue 4:08 PM	3405 km	2116 miles	1838 nm	ESE
Nukualofa	Wed 10:08 AM	3576 km	2222 miles	1931 nm	W